U.S. Rep. Jim McGovern was livid too, and he called on us to speak up so he could bring our voices back to the VA secretary in Washington. At a listening session that spring at the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 8006 in Florence with McGovern and other local leaders, Jim Bouchard of Granby, a Navy combat corpsman in Vietnam, was there, as he always is, when veterans have been asked to lay it on the line.
Read MoreGRANBY — 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.
Read MoreFORT KENT, Maine — Fort Kent native James Bouchard, a U.S. Navy Hospital Corpsman 2nd Class (HM2), will receive national recognition for his military service during an upcoming tribute tour in New York, courtesy of the National Purple Heart Honor Mission.
Read MoreGRANBY, Mass. (WGGB/WSHM) - Former Navy Hospital Corpsman 2nd class and current Granby resident James Bouchard will represent his fellow Purple Heart heroes as the Massachusetts honoree at a multi-day tribute to the American military personnel wounded while serving their country. and he tells Western Mass News he can’t wait to head to New York.
Read MoreGranby resident and U.S. Navy Hospital Corpsman 2nd Class James Bouchard will attend the multi-day tribute to those who were wounded in combat from September 18th through September 22nd. The event includes a visit to the U.S. Military Academy at West Point in New York, Washington’s Headquarters, and a special tour of the National Purple Heart Hall of Honor.
Read MoreU.S. Navy Hospital Corpsman 2nd Class James Bouchard will represent his fellow Purple Heart heroes as Massachusetts’ representative at a multi-day tribute to the courage and sacrifice of America’s combat wounded.
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