David Whitten was honored for his service at Maine Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 6859, 57 years after he was injured in ...

Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Today, we salute Vietnam Veteran Jimmy Ohlheiser. Jimmy was wounded in the Vietnam War in ...

In 1968, while serving on tour in Vietnam, a bullet struck U.S. Marine Private First Class James Ohlheiser and left him ...

his Vietnam service medal or with his Purple Heart. They have since corrected this oversight.” The ceremony at the Vietnam Veterans Monument in Oklahoma City was an emotional moment, seeing the ...

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (KCRG) - Dan McDowell served in the Marine Corp in the Vietnam War ... had not received his medals until Friday’s ceremony. One of those is a Purple Heart medal given to ...

A Vietnam veteran injured in war on this day more than 50 years ago, got some long overdue recognition in Portland Friday.

PUTNAM COUNTY, W.Va. —–Delegate Kathie Hess-Crouse says that efforts are being made to either return the Purple Heart that ...

From small towns to bustling Chicago, the men left for war ... a Purple Heart, which is awarded only to those who are injured or killed in combat. But, as time marched on, their medals ended ...

Delbert Tuttle refused to leave his fellow U.S. Marines as his unit invaded the Japanese-held island of Saipan during World War II ... including a dozen Purple Heart medals.