Illinois State Treasurer Michael Frerichs reunited a Purple Heart with the family of a World War II veteran after it was ...

Decades ago, as some of the bloodiest fighting in World War II ramped up in Europe, 19-year-old 1st Lt. Jeffersons Wiggins, ...

World War II heroes were honored throughout Canada and the United States yesterday and that reminded The Maven of a heroic ...

Chuck Leman lived an extraordinary life after surviving a German prison camp in World War II. In death, he still had more to ...

The fields at Margraten would become one of 14 permanent overseas military cemeteries set aside for America’s World War II ...

A lost Purple Heart medal was given back to a World War II veteran's family 35 years after his death just in time for Veteran ...

Capt. Walter Huchthausen strove tirelessly to stop the building from collapsing and ensured it would be preserved as it is ...

A Purple Heart is one of the most prestigious awards a member of the military can receive. Now, Illinois Treasurer Michael Frerichs is helping the family of a World War II veteran get it back.

Patty Knies didn’t know that her uncle, James Bennett, of Oak Lawn, received a Purple Heart after twice being wounded in World War II.

At 100 years old, World War II veteran Ben Lafon can still recall his journey from a Texas farm boy to a sergeant in the U.S.