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5 WWII soldiers awarded posthumous Purple Heart medals 80 years after plane crash
NextShark via Yahoo News· 3 weeks agoFive Hawaiian men who served with Japanese-language linguists during World War II were posthumously...
South Milwaukee woman finds owner of Purple Heart medals that ended up at Cudahy flea market
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel via Yahoo News· 10 months agoA chance conversation with the owner of a flea market in Cudahy led South Milwaukee resident Frieda...
WWII soldiers posthumously receive Purple Heart medals 79 years after fatal plane crash
Associated Press via AOL· 4 weeks agoThe families of five Hawaii men who served in a unit of Japanese-language linguists during World War...
Korean War veteran from Minnesota will finally get his Purple Heart medal, 73 years late
Associated Press via AOL· 1 month agoA Korean War veteran from Minnesota who still carries shrapnel in his leg from when he was wounded...
96-year-old Korean War veteran still trying to get Purple Heart
KREX articles via Yahoo News· 7 months agoST. PETER, Minn. (AP) — Earl Meyer remembers in vivid detail when his platoon came under heavy fire...
On National Purple Heart Day, learn about the Wilmington group helping these vets
Star News via Yahoo News· 2 years agoNational Purple Heart Day is observed this year on Sunday, Aug. 7. The Purple Heart medal is...
Purple Heart awarded to Korean War veteran 73 years after injury
Army Times via Yahoo News· 3 weeks agoST. PETER, Minn. — After 73 years and a long fight with the U.S. Army, a Korean War veteran from...
Bill OBoyle: On Memorial Day, we honor heroes
The Times-Leader (Wilkes-Barre, Pa.) via Yahoo News· 2 weeks agoMay 26—WILKES-BARRE — I was just a kid when I first saw my dad's Purple Heart medal. It was beautiful, but at the time, I had no idea what it meant or why my father received not one, but two ...
Ahead of Memorial Day, Illinois treasurer seeks to return a dozen unclaimed Purple Heart medals
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 2 weeks agoAhead of Memorial Day, Illinois State Treasurer Michael Frerichs made a renewed request for the...
A Key West veteran was shot in combat 53 years ago. He just got his Purple Heart medal
Miami Herald via AOL· 2 years agoAlvin Lawrence Alce was surrounded by family, from his wife and grown children to his 10-month-old...