Spectrum News Hudson Valley: As Purple Heart Recipients Honored, One Veteran Shows His Support

When Vietnam veterans returned home from battle, Eugene Lang says the reality was many were treated with disrespect. 

"When we came home in 1969, people spit on us, so why not support us now?" Lang said.

He received his Purple Heart award 44 years after being wounded in combat. Purple Heart recipients joined Congressman Sean Patrick Maloney on Tuesday to celebrate the House passing the National Purple Heart Hall of Honor Commemorative Coin Act.

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