A Vietnam veteran in Norman, Oklahoma, received his Purple Heart on Veterans Day, 56 years after being wounded in battle. “Today, we have the honor of officially awarding Mr. Jimmy Ohlheiser his ...

U.S. soldiers were killed on the ground in Vietnam, but many of those who returned home had another battle to fight with the ...

"The Purple Heart recognized physically wounded combatants ... but Deible and many other Vietnam veterans say it should be. "One of the things they're striving for is to have Agent Orange ...

Vietnam veteran presented one of his own Purple Heart medals to a 93-year-old Korean War veteran from Miamisburg who received a Purple Heart coin while his medal is still being processed.

He was rated as 100% disabled by the Veterans Administration and was medically ... Getty said the process for awarding a retroactive Purple Heart requires command endorsements, medical ...

The local combat-wounded veterans of the Mount Scott Chapter 602 of the Military Order of the Purple Heart are looking for donations and new members.

Despite his sacrifices, he wasn’t considered for the Purple Heart because a medic treated his wounds. But with the support of his family, Veteran Affairs, and Congressman Mike Turner’s office ...

MIAMISBURG, Ohio (WDTN) — A Korean War Veteran from Miamisburg is finally being honored with a purple heart. Veteran Leroy Campbell is 93 years old now, but in the early 1950’s, he spent more ...

Lt. Sgt. LeRoy Campbell fought for almost 70 years to receive a Purple Heart. “I’ve been fighting for a long time. I got nowhere with it. They kept saying my records were all burned up,” he ...