Northeast Missouri News: Purple Heart Recipient Walter Schley Honored

A local Purple Heart recipient was recently honored as one of the nation’s 2023 Purple Heart Patriot Project honorees. U.S. Marine Corps Chief Warrant Officer 5 Walter Schley (former resident of Harris, Missouri) represented his fellow Purple Heart heroes as Missouri’s honoree at the multi-day tribute to the courage and sacrifice of America’s combat wounded. The Purple Heart Patriot Project is a program of the National Purple Heart Honor Mission. The all-expenses-paid trip included visits to the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, historic Washington’s Headquarters, a special tour of the National Purple Heart Hall of Honor and other unique tributes. 

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