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Evergreen Cemetery in Colorado Springs hosted a Purple Heart Trail sign dedication to pay tribute to those who have been ...
New Bedford has been designated a “Purple Heart City” by the Military Order of the Purple Heart, according to a community announcement. The city will install signs marking the designation at major ...
SPRINGFIELD - Ahead of Memorial Day, Illinois Treasurer Michael Frerichs announced the return of a Purple Heart medal to the ...
After a Grand Rapids World War II veteran’s medal was found in a Georgia junk heap, a local historian dug up everything he ...
I wanted to do 20 years in the Marine Corps.” Getty said the process for awarding a retroactive Purple Heart requires command endorsements, medical documentation, and, if necessary, notarized ...
That is when Officer Robert Leininger was shot in the leg. After making a full recovery, Leininger showed up to Thursday’s city council meeting and received a Law Enforcement Purple Heart, an honor ...
with the Select Board this week adopting a proclamation making Hatfield a Purple Heart Town. The board Tuesday voted unanimously to adopt a proclamation that encourages residents “to show their ...
ELMHURST, IL – A Bensenville man who suffered severe injuries in 2007 in Iraq is the grand marshal for Elmhurst's Memorial Day Parade this year, the city announced Monday. Richard Duzinskas, a ...
That included not asking about the Purple Heart he had received and mailed home for safekeeping. So imagine his confusion when he learned that a Florida man had purchased his medal in 2000 at an ...
In concluding the ceremony, Leigh Ammons read the names of WoodmenLife members and relatives who are deceased that received a Purple Heart. Those included: Raymone Allen, Clyde Free, Jesse Lee ...