It can be a struggle for wounded veterans to get medals they’ve earned when the fog of war, the absence of records and the passage of time make it challenging to produce proof.

By Steve Karnowski, Mark Vancleave, Melissa Perez Winder, Associated Press

Six Army soldiers who were injured in a ballistic missile attack in Iraq in January have been awarded Purple Hearts, and 23 others have been approved for the award and will get them later this week, U.S. Central Command said…

By Lolita C. Baldor, Associated Press

President Donald Trump on Saturday awarded a Purple Heart to an Army sergeant recently wounded in Afghanistan.

By Darlene Superville, Associated Press

"I said to him, 'Is that, like, the real one or is that a copy?'" Trump recounted. "And he said, 'That's my real Purple Heart. I have such confidence in you.' And I said, 'Man! That's like, that's like big…

By Jonathan Lemire, Associated Press