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Acknowledging that commanders have sometimes wrongly denied the Purple Heart to soldiers who suffered battlefield concussions, the Army plans to issue new guidance to clarify when such recognition is ...

Ten New York National Guard soldiers received Purple Hearts for injuries sustained in a 2024 Iranian-backed militia drone attack on a U.S. outpost known as Tower 22 in Jordan. On Jan. 28, 2024, a ...

Ten New York National Guard soldiers received the Purple Heart last Saturday at the National Purple Heart Hall of Honor in New Windsor, N.Y., according to an Army news release. The 101st Expeditionary ...

NEW WINDSOR, N.Y. — Ten New York Army National Guard Soldiers received the Purple Heart — the award given to military members wounded in action — during a May 10, 2025, ceremony at the National Purple ...

PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii -- The families of five Hawaii men who served in a unit of Japanese-language linguists during World War II received posthumous Purple Heart medals on behalf of their loved ones on ...

The new guidelines should make it easier for soldiers with traumatic brain injuries from explosions to receive the Purple Heart. The Army's move... Acknowledging that commanders have sometimes wrongly ...

Ten soldiers from the New York National Guard received Purple Heart medals for injuries suffered in the January 2024 Tower 22 attacks in Jordan. Ten New York National Guard soldiers received Purple ...