Army Cpl. Henry Van Der Noord earned his Purple Heart while fighting to liberate the Philippines during World War II. "He took a mortar shell from behind during a volley of artillery in the ...

The parents of a six-year-old girl who fell to her death from a cliff said their world is 'quiet now' during a heart-wrenching speech at her purple-themed funeral. Airlie Montgomery fell from a ...

Some words may be mispronounced. DES MOINES — Garold Hayes’ family was overjoyed when they received the Purple Heart that had been stored in his safe deposit box and left unclaimed for years ...