The Purple Heart is awarded to military members who are injured and killed in combat, through an act of terrorism or by friendly fire. It acknowledges the physical sacrifice of service to the nation.

Thursday, family and fellow soldiers at Fort Carson were on hand as Chief Warrant Officer Jared Grindstaff received his ...

More than 50 years after being injured in the Vietnam War, a Larimer County veteran received one of the armed service's most distinguished medals -- the Purple Heart ... also as a symbol of ...