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2. Purple Hearts Reunited - Wikipedia

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   Established in 2012 as 501 (c)(3) nonprofit foundation, Purple Hearts Reunited (PHR) works to return lost or stolen medals to recipients or their family at no cost to them. [1] When possible, PHR conducts a ceremony to formally place the medal back in the hands of the recipient or family. [ 1 ]

3. List of military awards and decorations of World War II

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   The Arctic Star medal recognises service between 1941 and 1945 delivering vital aid to the Soviet Union, running the gauntlet of enemy submarine, air and surface ship attacks. 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

4. Purple Heart - Wikipedia

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   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 ...

5. Awards and decorations of the United States Armed Forces

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   During the First and Second World Wars, the Croix de Guerre medals of France and Belgium, as well as the French Military Medal and Luxembourg War Cross, were further issued as unit citation cords, known as Fourragère. Service members could receive both the individual award and the unit cord; in the case of the later, the unit citation could ...

6. WWII soldiers posthumously receive Purple Heart medals 79 ...

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   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 ...

7. Inter-service awards and decorations of the United States ...

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   After World War II, The Korean Service Medal [5] was the first inter-service non-decoration award which was awarded by all five branches of the U.S. Armed Forces; in 1947, the United States Air Force had been established as a separate branch of service. Since 1956, and 2010, the Distinguished Flying Cross, and Silver Star Medal may also be ...

8. Sherwood H. Hallman - Wikipedia

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   The Medal of Honor was presented to his wife and 2-year-old son, Sherwood Hallman II, during a ceremony at Fairmount Park Military Police headquarters in Philadelphia on May 31, 1945. The presentation to the family was made by Brigadier General Malcolm F. Lindsey, Commanding General Indiantown Gap Military Cemetery.

9. A Key West veteran was shot in combat 53 years ago. He just ...

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   Vietnam War veteran Alvin Lawrence Alce, of Key West, wears a Purple Heart medal on his chest on Aug. 8, 2022, the day he finally received the decoration 53 years after he was wounded in combat.