Last Illinois Tuskegee airman remembered

Oscar Lawton Wilkerson, Jr., better known as Wilk, died on Feb. 8. He passed away a day before his 97th birthday, but his legacy will remain with all of us forever.

Purple Heart medal returned to family of Vietnam veteran

Army Specialist Kenneth Wiest was injured while serving in Vietnam. He died in 1998 at the age of 48, and the medal sat in a safe deposit box in O'Fallon, Illinois, for years before being turned over to the state.

Purple Heart medal returned to family of Vietnam veteran

Army Specialist Kenneth Wiest was injured while serving in Vietnam. He died in 1998 at the age of 48, and his Purple Heart medal sat in a safe deposit box in O'Fallon, Illinois, for years before being turned over to the state.