Pete Celentano of Jackson and Michael Vaccaro of Middletown braved danger and earned medals in Vietnam, but lost paperwork left them unrecognized.

A piece of World War II history with roots in our area is now back with its rightful family after nearly two decades apart.

Friends and family of a Vietnam veteran symbolically honored him with a Purple Heart medal he never received 55 years ago while recovering in Japan. Many know Lester F. Wray III as “Ripper” Wray or ...

For 17 years, Joseph Donald said he felt disrespected by the country he had served because he hadn’t received a Purple Heart ...

McDaniel was awarded the Army Commendation Medal with “V” Device for his ... receives an applause after his speech during his Purple Heart ceremony, March 11, 2025, Fort Carson, Colorado.

and his medals — including a Purple Heart and Bronze Star — are in a case in an engineering conference room named after him on the second floor of City Hall. World War II Navy seaman Walter ...

Both men earned medals for their service in the Vietnam War, but never received them ... His injuries in combat made him eligible to receive a Purple Heart medal. He never got it.