Illinois State Treasurer returns a WWII veteran's Purple Heart to his family as part of Operation Purple Heart.

Army Cpl. Henry Van Der Noord earned his Purple Heart while fighting to liberate the Philippines during World War II.

Cara Frank is alive today after a team of Chicago firefighters and paramedics responded to a cardiac arrest call last summer.

Army Cpl. Henry Van Der Noord earned his Purple Heart while fighting to liberate the Philippines during World War II.

Hundreds gathered Wednesday morning at Robert J. Quinn Fire Academy to honor Chicago firefighters, EMTs and 911 dispatchers at an EMS week awards ceremony.

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With the signs, Chicago continues a long tradition of honoring military veterans — including those who sacrificed their ...

In the hard-fought campaign to liberate the Philippines during World War II, 22-year-old Army Cpl. Henry Van Der Noord of ...

“That’s definitely it." A grandson gets a piece of family history back—75 years after WWII.

Van Der Noord’s Purple Heart medal had been missing for years until it was recovered from an unclaimed safe deposit box submitted to the Illinois State Treasurer’s Office in 2020. Illinois State ...

Taevion Norris, a young man who has been battling heart failure, was able to graduate from West Leyden High School with the help of the school services team at Lurie Children’s Hospital, ...