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 ...

In the hard-fought campaign to liberate the Philippines during World War II, 22-year-old Army Cpl. Henry Van Der Noord of suburban Lansing was hit with shrapnel during a key battle on the island of ...

The event put on Wednesday by the state treasurer's office was set up as a joyful success story — the return of a recovered military medal to a family. Instead, it has turned into a bit of a mystery.

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 ...

Treasurer Deborah Goldberg presents a Purple Heart medal that had been in the custody of the Unclaimed Property Division to Thomas Brigham, the grandson of recipient Sgt. Thomas Flynn. (Colin A. Young ...