Yorker's B-24 Liberator was shot down bombing Germany. See him finally get a Purple Heart
Harold Pressel received a Purple Heart during a ceremony in late January at the Dallastown American Legion Hall, 80 years ...
State treasurer returns a Purple Heart to an Iowan's family and stumbles into a mystery
Iowa Treasurer Roby Smith is looking to reunite a second Iowan's Purple Heart medal recovered from unclaimed property to next of kin.
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Purple Heart, once stored in safe deposit box, delivered to family of deceased Iowan
The Iowa Treasurer’s Office, which returned the Purple Heart to the family of Garold Hayes, now seeks Iowans’ help ...
York WWII vet, 100, to finally get his Purple Heart 80 years after his plane was shot down
Harold "Bud" Pressel was injured when he bailed from his B-24 after it was struck by flak over enemy lines in 1944. He's ...
Delayed Purple Heart finally awarded to CT veteran injured in Afghanistan
Connecticut U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal shakes hands with U.S. Air Force Master Sergeant Adam Jackson of Wallingford after ...
Purple Heart recipient brings HOPE, children’s book to Windham students
Central School District are gearing up to hear inspiring messages about HOPE from a Purple Heart recipient who has written an ...
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Purple Heart reclaimed after being left in safe deposit box
DES MOINES — Garold Hayes’ family was overjoyed when they received the Purple Heart that had been stored in his safe deposit box and left unclaimed for years after he died. Now the Iowa ...
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State treasurer returns a Purple Heart to an Iowan's family and stumbles into a mystery
Instead, it has turned into a bit of a mystery. After a Purple Heart military medal was found in a deceased Iowan's safe-deposit box, State Treasurer Roby Smith arranged to return the unclaimed ...