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Korean War veteran will finally get his Purple Heart, 73 years late
The Army notified Earl Meyer, who still carries shrapnel in his leg from when he was wounded, that it has reversed itself and granted him a Purple Heart.
Denied a Purple Heart after a perforated eardrum in combat? Army says to try again
"The two critical factors are the degree to which the enemy or hostile force caused the wound, and whether the wound was so severe that it required treatment by a medical officer," according to the Army's MILPER message.
A major was kicked out for stealing narcotics. Then he took $820,000 from the Air Force.
For the past two years, former Air Force Maj. Brandon Bailey has been the subject of a federal investigation into a complex web of financial and bankruptcy fraud he spun over the course of a decade.
Army approves 39 Purple Hearts for 2020 Iran missile attack
The military had initially downplayed the number of casualties in the attack.
By Davis Winkie
UNC law students help Vietnam War veteran get Purple Heart
Spencer served in the infantry in South Vietnam, where he was hit in the neck with shrapnel.
By Kate Murphy, News & Observer via the AP
Lowest depth to highest peak: How a wounded Army vet climbed the Seven Summits
Breckheimer's Stryker vehicle ran over an IED in 2009. More than a decade later, he'd summit the tallest peak on all seven continents.
By Adam Morey
52 years later Marine Vietnam veteran receives Purple Heart
A Marine Vietnam veteran on the receiving end of friendly artillery fire finally receives a Purple Heart.
By Todd South
C-130J crew honored after loadmaster wounded during attack in Afghanistan
Airmen from the 61st Airlift Squadron at Little Rock Air Force Base, Arkansas, were flying a mission in support of a quick-reaction force when their Super Hercules came under small-arms fire.
Marine awarded Purple Heart 16 years after being wounded in Fallujah
The Marine was manning his M240 machine gun on top of his AAV when his right forearm was hit with an enemy bullet.
By Philip Athey
A 99-year-old World War II veteran finally gets his medals
Soldier served in Allied invasion of Italy.
By Todd South
Excerpt from ‘The Eagles of Heart Mountain’ by Bradford Pearson
Bradford Pearson's “The Eagles of Heart Mountain: A True Story of Football, Incarceration, and Resistance in World War II America” is a never-before-told tale about a World War II incarceration camp in Wyoming and its extraordinary high school football team.
By Bradford Pearson