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Rico Roman (born February 4, 1981) is an American gold medal ice sled hockey player and Purple Heart recipient from Portland, Oregon who competed in 2014 Winter Paralympics in Sochi, Russia. [ 1 ] Early life
Needham Roberts (April 28, 1901 – April 18, 1949) was an American soldier in the Harlem Hellfighters and recipient of the Purple Heart and the Croix de Guerre for his valor during World War I. Early life
Maj. Annie G. Fox (August 4, 1893 – January 20, 1987) was a Canadian-born American, the second woman to receive the Purple Heart for combat. [1] She served as the chief nurse in the Army Nurse Corps at Hickam Field during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, on December 7, 1941.
Read more awe-inspiring stories about heroes who have earned a Purple Heart award: Meet Annie Fox: The first woman to ever be awarded a Purple Heart Charles Elder was shocked to receive the honor ...
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 ...
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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.
According to Rees, her 98-year-old father — a Purple Heart recipient who has carried German shrapnel in his knee for 79 years — "wasn't disabled enough."