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Comments :: Daughter of WWI vet finally gets his Purple Heart

Daughter of WWI vet finally gets his Purple Heart


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I just remembered. It was a merit and wound from 1932 until the early part of WW 2. At that point, it became a wound only award.
wa4mjf
November 12, 2012 5:32 p.m.
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WTHeck is wrong with our government that they would make a valiant warrior and their family wait this long. Aggravates the snot out of me. Thank you brave warrior, thank you!!! Ye Auld Sage

In WW 1 you got a wound chevron. In 1932, the PH was changed from a merit award to a wound award. WW1 vets could apply for the PH to replace the wound chevron. Many did and many did not. I expect this was the case here and it was finally applied for.
wa4mjf
November 12, 2012 5:30 p.m.
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R.I.P. Pfc Bullock. The sacrifices you and thousands more made are not forgotten.
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November 12, 2012 4:32 p.m.
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better late than never, i suppose.
sjb2k1
November 12, 2012 3:19 p.m.
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Just another indication of how LARGE our government really is.
fourmalkoffs
November 12, 2012 2:41 p.m.
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WTHeck is wrong with our government that they would make a valiant warrior and their family wait this long. Aggravates the snot out of me. Thank you brave warrior, thank you!!!
Dynol Yn Cael Ei
November 12, 2012 1:38 p.m.
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"Gardner, 85, was giddy over the long-overdue honor and said she wished her father could have received it himself."

Amen! Thank you Mrs. Gardner for your father's service and your honoring of him.

The doughboys may all be gone now, but we still remember!
aetius476
November 12, 2012 1:18 p.m.
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