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The Jets are set to honor a local two-time Purple Heart recipient as an upcoming "Veteran of the Game.". Lt. Col. Christopher Carbone of the Bayville section of Berkeley earned Purple Hearts for ...
The National Purple Heart Hall of Honor. The National Purple Heart Hall of Honor is located along New York State Route 300 in the town of New Windsor, New York, United States. It is less than two miles south of the Town of Newburgh line and not far from the City of Newburgh. It is a Purple Heart national registry of military personnel that have ...
The Purple Heart award is a 1 + 3 ⁄ 8-inch-wide (35 mm) purple- and gold-colored heart-shaped brass-alloy medal containing a profile of General George Washington. Above the heart appears a shield of the coat of arms of George Washington (a white shield with two red bars and three red stars in chief) between sprays of green leaves.
In February 2015, the Purple Hearts Reunited mission was the subject of a story in Reader's Digest, "This Is Why Zach Fike Reunites Purple Hearts With Soldiers Who Lost Them". [5] In December 2016, Purple Hearts reunited was the subject of a BBC feature story, "The Medal Detective". [ 6 ]
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Technical Sergeant Leonard Phillip Matlovich (July 6, 1943 – June 22, 1988) [1] was an American Vietnam War veteran, race relations instructor, and recipient of the Purple Heart and the Bronze Star. [2]
Purple Heart Robert Emmett O'Malley (born June 3, 1943) is a United States Marine veteran who was the first Marine Corps recipient of the Medal of Honor in the Vietnam War . He received the medal for his actions as a corporal on August 18, 1965, during Operation Starlite .