Korean War Veteran Surprised with 4 Medals -- 7 Decades After Serving Don Van Elzen served 21 months in Korea with the Army's 9th Regiment, 2nd Infantry Division from 1950 to 1952.
Purple Heart Awarded Posthumously to World War I Soldier at Fort Jackson A Purple Heart has been awarded posthumously to a World War I hero wounded on a battlefield in France 100 years ago.
Purple Heart Finds Its Owner, Thanks to Faithful Canines Purple Heart reunited with its owner thanks to two faithful canines.
Teacher Fired After Lying about Military Service, Purple Hearts The Massachusetts high school teacher claimed to be a combat veteran who had received two Purple Hearts.
Bipartisan Criticism Rises as Trump Feuds with Gold Star Family President Obama and Sen. John McCain led a growing bipartisan chorus in telling Donald Trump to lay off a Gold Star family.
Symbols of Sacrifice Should Not Be for Sale "The buying and selling of Purple Hearts transforms these symbols of our brave service members' sacrifices into commodities."
Fort Hood Shooter Says He's Going on 'Hunger Strike' Nidal Hasan killed 13 people and injured 31 at Fort Hood, Texas in November 2009. He is on death row at Fort Leavenworth...
Marines Want More Protection for Recruiters' Bulletproof Cubicles The new safety measures come in the wake of a pair of 2015 terrorism-related mass shootings in Chattanooga, Tenn.
Naval Academy Staff Removed Display on Female Jewish Graduates for Hegseth Visit The U.S. Naval Academy has confirmed that officials there removed items commemorating female Jewish graduates from a historic...
'The Greatest Soldier in American History' Took a Tank Round to the Leg and Kept Fighting The only reason Matt Urban didn't receive the Medal of Honor for single-handedly breaking an entire battalion through France...
My Black Roommate Opened My Eyes to an Air Force I Didn’t Know Existed I realized I had been sheltered from much of the world's ugliness and was more than a little naive. I thought the problems I...
4 US Soldiers Who Died in Lithuania Swamp When Their Vehicle Sank Are Identified The recovery operation for the bodies and the M88 was an intricate and arduous weeklong process, enlisting the expertise of...
How Comic Legend Mel Brooks Defused Land Mines During World War II Brooks participated in the Battle of the Bulge -- Germany's final major offensive on the Western Front -- but to his...
