Dakota News Now: Elkton woman chosen for Purple Heart Patriot Project Mission
ELKTON, S.D. (Dakota News Now) -It’s Women’s History Month. A time to highlight all the contributions women have made in history, including honoring the 3-million women who have served or are serving in the US Armed Forces.
One Army veteran from Elkton has been nominated to go on a trip of a lifetime.
Connie Johnson is a Coordinator of Veteran Affairs at South Dakota State University. She’s played a key role in SDSU being recognized as the nation’s ninth Purple Heart campus. Now she’s being recognized herself for the service she’s done.
Johnson joined the army as a military police officer in 2002. A few years later in 2004 at just 19 years old she suffered injuries in Operation Iraqi Freedom and was awarded a Purple Heart.