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.
Soldier Receives Purple Heart After 60 Year Wait After more than 60 years, one Soldier is receiving an overdue Purple Heart he earned during the Korean War.
Fort Hood Soldiers Killed and Wounded By Hasan to Get Purple Hearts The Army has approved the award of the Purple Heart and its civilian counterpart to the victims of the 2009 rampage at Fort...
Airman Who Helped Stop Attack on Paris-Bound Train to Get Purple Heart Airman 1st Class Spencer Stone will be awarded the Purple Heart for injuries suffered while subduing a gunman on a French...
Airman Hero on Train Attack: 'I'm Not Going to Leave Everyone to Die' The airman who charged a gunman on an Amsterdam-to-Paris train believed that might be his last act in this world, but said...
Federal Government Shutdown Grinds into a Second Week as Tempers Flare at the Capitol As the federal government shutdown enters a second week, there’s no discernible endgame in sight.
Trump Targets Blumenthal, Calling for Investigation into Senator's Vietnam Service Claims President Donald Trump is targeting U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal again after Connecticut’s senior U.S. senator grilled U.S...
At 50, He Survived Marine Boot Camp — Then Fought at Peleliu and Okinawa When 50-year-old Paul Douglas showed up at Marine Corps boot camp in 1942, the white-haired economics professor looked more...
Ukrainian Drones Attack Russian Cavalry Troops in Rare 21st-Century Encounter A short video circulating online this month appears to show a Russian mounted patrol being struck by a Ukrainian drone near...
When The Government Can Afford Everything Except The Essentials Every shutdown forces the government to decide what counts as “essential.” Air traffic controllers and TSA agents fall into...
