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Edward Gorski Jr.’s Purple Heart medal was returned by the Illinois treasurer’s office to the World War II veteran’s grandson ...
As part of the U.S. Army’s 65th Infantry Division during World War II, Pfc. Edward Gorski Jr. was in a foxhole in Germany ...
UTICA, N.Y. -- Mohawk Valley residents celebrated Flag Day on Saturday. Utica Elks Lodge No. 33, along with the Order of the ...
A Purple Heart medal found in a Georgia junkyard is returned to a family member of the World War II veteran who earned the honor.
Justin Oaks, a former military police ... and decorations such as the Purple Heart should be “presented with an appropriate degree of formality in a fitting ceremony.” The request to do ...
Utica Elks Lodge #33, along with the Order of the Purple Heart and Boy Scout Troop #111, held a special ceremony at Purple Heart Park on the corner of Whitesboro and Erie Street in Utica. The ceremony ...
The Illinois treasurer’s office returned a Purple Heart Thursday to the grandson of a WWII Battle of the Bulge veteran. Private First-Class Edward Gorski Jr., a Chicago ...
Lee Chisholm Colodzin knew little about her uncle, 2nd Lt. David McMahon until this spring. The World War II fighter pilot died in a plane crash a few years before she was born. "I learned more about ...
Three soldiers died and nearly 50 were wounded in the attack, many with traumatic brain injuries and concussions.
SPRINGFIELD - Illinois Treasurer Michael Frerichs today returned a lost Purple Heart medal to the grandson of a World War II veteran who earned it while ...
(WANE) — U.S. Sen. Jim Banks and Fort Wayne Mayor Sharon Tucker presented the Purple Heart to a military veteran and Summit City native during a ceremony in Fort Wayne Tuesday. Fort Wayne Mayor ...