Amherst Bulletin: "Finally they're being recognized."
By MADDIE FABIAN
Staff Writer
In January 1970, while serving as a hospital corpsman in Vietnam, Jim Bouchard treated John Hurley after he was injured during the war. It wasn’t until decades later, when the two Purple Heart recipients were at a Veterans of Foreign Wars meeting together, that they realized their connection.
Last year, Hurley represented Massachusetts at the nation’s second Purple Heart Patriot Project trip to New York.
This year, Hurley nominated Bouchard to represent the state at the third project, a program of the National Purple Heart Honor Mission, which pays tribute to Purple Heart recipients and keeps their stories alive.