On Thursday, Edward Gorski Jr.’s Purple Heart medal was returned by the Illinois treasurer’s office to the World War II veteran’s grandson Shawn. The medal was presented to the Gorski family at a ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... DECATUR — Nearly 81 years to the date after 20-year-old Army Pfc. John L. Moore was wounded while fighting to liberate Europe during WWII, the Purple Heart ...

The state's Unclaimed Property Division recently embarked on a quest to identify the rightful owners or heirs of six Purple Heart medals and other military honors. Sgt. Thomas Flynn was gassed during ...

“So many soldiers and families suffered and sacrificed so much. It is important that they be remembered," the veteran's niece said Illinois State Treasurer Michael Frerichs/Facebook Illinois State ...

GENEVA, Ill. — 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 native, enlisted ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... 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 ...

The Massachusetts State Treasurer is searching for the family of WWII veteran Joseph Arruda to return his Purple Heart and other military medals. Anyone with information about Joseph Arruda is ...