With a unique anniversary rapidly approaching, members of the Northwest Piedmont Purple Heart Foundation keep plugging along to honor veterans.

This Independence Day, a decorated U.S. Army veteran is reflecting on the America he fought for ― and was forced to leave.

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement ordered Purple Heart recipient Sae Joon Park, 55, to self-deport to South Korea due to his criminal record and loss of his green card.

The effort is part of Operation Purple Heart, a first-of-its-kind initiative led by Frerichs to return lost military medals found in abandoned safe deposit boxes.

An Army Veteran and Purple Heart recipient who has lived in the U.S. for more than four decades self-deported to South Korea after immigration officials said he would otherwise be forcefully ...

The decorated U.S. Army veteran is starting a new life without his family in South Korea - a country he left as a child and barely remembers.

Purple Heart Army veteran self-deports to South Korea after living in US for nearly 50 years KABC Tuesday, June 24, 2025 ...

Decorated Army veteran Sae Joon Park left his life and family in Hawaii this week, not knowing when he’ll see them again.

The Purple Heart recipient served in the Noriega War in 1989. He had been allowed to remain in the U.S. under deferred action.

Purple Heart veteran shot in action self-deports after old drug charge resurfaces: ‘Can’t believe this is happening in America’ After 48 years in the U.S. and having taken two bullets for ...

Sae Joon Park left for South Korea on Monday. His removal order was the result of drug possession and bail jumping charges from over 15 years ago — offenses that, he said, stemmed from untreated ...

(NewsNation) — A Massachusetts teacher is accused of lying about a military background, including a claim that she received a Purple Heart, as well as falsifying the credentials that allowed her ...