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Purple Hearts Reunited is a Vermont-based 501(c)(3) organization. Founded in 2012, its purpose is to return Purple Hearts and other military awards that have become separated from the original recipients or their descendants.
During World War II, members of this service who met the Purple Heart criteria received a Merchant Marine Mariner's Medal instead. The most recent Purple Hearts presented to non-military personnel occurred after the terrorist attacks at Khobar Towers, Saudi Arabia, in 1996—for their injuries, about 40 U.S. civil service employees received the ...
In 1932, the United States War Department authorized the new Purple Heart Medal for soldiers who had previously received either a Wound Chevron or the Army Wound Ribbon. At that time, it was also determined that the Purple Heart Medal would be considered the official "successor decoration" to the Badge of Military Merit. [13]
The families of five Hawaii men who served in a unit of Japanese-language linguists during World War II received posthumous Purple Heart medals on behalf of their loved ones on Friday, nearly ...
Ed Kashiwamura, left, Wilfred Ikemoto, David Fujii, Wilfred Masao Motokane Jr. and James Sogi are family members who accepted Purple Hearts of several Hawaii soldiers who died in the 1945 crash of ...
Egan received many awards for his valor, including the Purple Heart. He married Josephine Pitz of Manitowoc in 1945 when he was assigned to the general staff school at Fort Leaveworth, Kansas ...
This list of military awards and decorations of World War II is an index to articles on notable military awards presented by the combatants during World War II This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness.
The Merchant Marine Mariner's Medal is a decoration of the United States Merchant Marine.Because the Merchant Marine was not considered a branch of the U.S. Armed Forces, the Purple Heart was not available to Merchant Mariners; as such, the Mariner's Medal was established by an Act of Congress on 10 May 1943 to solve this dilemma.