PURPLE HEART

A defense lawyer lashed out at a star witness in a trial related to a plot to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer.

Bill Spencer returns the Purple Heart award that U.S. Army veteran Nathanial Ingebritson lost more than 10 years ago. Something he never thought he'd see again.

More than 30 soldiers suffering from traumatic brain injuries after a missile attack were denied the Purple Heart.

The City of Laredo has been proclaimed as a Purple Heart City on Monday, Nov. 15,...

A special ceremony that was years in the making was held on Saturday, as a family was reunited with their loved ones Purple Heart.

Shocking and devastating are just two of the words used by a combat veteran to describe the scenes coming out of Afghanistan.

The Purple Heart recipient told our sister station he hopes to skydive for a second time on his 95th birthday.

The Lone Star Flight Museum and the Commemorative Air Force collaborated to put on a special experience for a WWII veteran and Purple Heart recipient.

The music was loud, and the food was made to hit the spot, but a get-together in Fulshear in Fort Bend County wasn’t just any celebration, it was a gathering to honor a hero.

The proposed new rules restrict in-ground burial to those killed in action, award recipients of the Silver Star and higher who also served in combat, Purple Heart recipients, former prisoners of war, presidents and vice presidents of the U.S., and those who died in combat-related service deaths while conducting uniquely military activities. Exceptions can also be made for veterans with combat service who "also served out of uniform as a government official and made significant contributions to the nation's security at the highest levels of public service."

One retired Marine happened upon a Purple Heart belonging to a Houstonian who paid the ultimate sacrifice in the Battle off Samar in World War II. In early 2018, the shop acquired the Purple Heart in an estate sale, hoping to prevent the honor from being passed around, and with hopes to reunite the Purple Heart with the sailor's family. "Purple Heart medals frequently have a name of the recipient on the backside ... this one did," Patterson said. "Nice to meet you," Patterson said to Cody Chelakis, who came to the Wright Pawn and Jewelry shop to receive the Purple Heart Thursday. However, the Purple Heart gave comfort to the Chelakis family, who did not know a lot about this history.

An associate sorting donations at a Goodwill in Tuscon, Arizona, came across a Purple Heart medal in a box of housewares. (CNN) - An associate sorting donations at a Goodwill in Tuscon, Arizona, came across a Purple Heart medal in a box of housewares. He was awarded the Purple Heart posthumously. The Purple Heart is given to US service members who are wounded or killed in combat. In 2016, another Purple Heart was accidentally donated to a Goodwill in Arizona and with the help of social media it was reunited with the service member's family in Missouri.

Purple Heart awarded to 89-year-old WWII veteran World War II veteran Richard Faulkner, 89, was given a Purple Heart at a ceremony in upstate New York 70 years in the making. Faulkner was the sole survivor of a combat crash in France in 1944 that left him behind enemy lines. Jim Axelrod reports.