NEWBURGH- The nation’s Purple Heart recipients were honored at the Newburgh Armory Unity Center Thursday evening as hundreds attended a rally.
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A group of veterans from across the country were chosen to represent their states and tour the Purple Heart Hall of Honor in the Hudson Valley on Wednesday.
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U.S. Army Command Sgt. Maj. Edward Evans (Ret.) of Silverhill is traveling this week to the U.S. Military Academy at West Point and made a stop by the congressman’s office. CSM Evans is a Korean War veteran and has been chosen to represent Alabama’s Purple Heart Veterans as part of the 2021 Purple Heart Patriot Project. Evans will be receiving a tour of the newly renovated National Purple Heart Hall of Honor.
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The Korean War veteran will represent the state’s Purple Heart veterans at the multi-day tribute honoring those who have been wounded in combat while valiantly serving the United States. Evans will travel this week to the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, historic Washington’s Headquarters and will receive a tour of the newly renovated National Purple Heart Hall of Honor.
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“It’s overwhelming … I’m emotional. Next to the wall, that’s tough to look at and read, even after 50-something years, it’s very hard,” Vietnam War veteran Joe Hill said.
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Hill, 75 and a Vietnam War veteran who served with the 5th Marines, was headed to Warwick, New York, on Monday, September 27, 2021, to spend several days being recognized alongside 49 other veterans--one from each state--all of whom received a Purple Heart.
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Purple Heart Heroes from across America will be greeted with a star-spangled welcome home at a public rally in Newburgh that will serve as the capstone event for the National Purple Heart Honor Mission’s 2021 Purple Heart Patriot Project.
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U.S. Marine Corps veteran and Purple Heart recipient Johnny Joey Jones shared the announcement that he and Tunnel to Towers Foundation Chairman Frank Siller will be the recipients of the Honor Mission's 2021 Genesis Legacy Medals.
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On Monday, Sept. 27, Silverhill resident Ed Evans is set to leave on a week-long all-expense paid trip to represent Alabama on a multi-day tribute as one of the 2021 Purple Heart Patriot Project honorees.
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Honor Mission Board Chairman Richie Lay and Executive Director Russ Vernon talk with Uncle Mike from WRWD about the upcoming Purple Heart Patriot Project Mission #2.
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Purple Heart heroes from across the America will be greeted with a star-spangled welcome home at a public rally in Newburgh that will serve as the capstone event for the National Purple Heart Honor Mission’s 2021 Purple Heart Patriot Project. The rally is scheduled for 6:00 p.m. (ET) on Thursday, September 30 at the Newburgh Armory Unity Center. Doors will open at 5:00 p.m.
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When Colonel Russ Vernon (Ret.), Executive Director of The National Purple Heart Honor Mission, called Marc Bokoff, owner of Bokoff Tours & Travel, Bokoff didn’t hesitate to offer his services. Vernon was looking for a travel professional to help get Purple Heart recipients from all 50 states to the organization’s annual program in New York at the end of September. Bokoff, an experienced travel professional with over 30 years of industry experience, is an affiliate of Cruise Planners and has offices in Lakewood Ranch, FL and Norwich, CT.
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While serving in the Marines during the war in Vietnam, Jack Hanson received a military decoration no one ever asks for. Because of that medal, he'll fly to New York later this month to take part in an event anyone would be honored to attend.
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A Purple Heart recipient from Greer has been chosen to be one of the nation’s 2021 Purple Heart Patriot Project honorees. Staff Sergeant (SSG) Jason Livingston will represent his fellow Purple Heart heroes as South Carolina’s representative at a tribute to America’s combat wounded.
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Livingston enlisted in the U.S. Army in July 2004 and served his nation for 10 years. In 2005 and 2006, Livingston served in Iraq as part of Operation Iraqi Freedom. Later, in 2010 he served as part of Operation Enduring Freedom in Afghanistan. It was during that deployment, while in Logar Province with the 1-91 Cavalry, 173rd Combat Airborne Brigade, when Livingston’s platoon came under enemy mortar fire. After clearing the area, while making his way back to other members of his platoon, another round of mortar fire struck close to Livingston, causing him to suffer shrapnel wounds that rendered him unconscious and resulted in his being medevaced out.
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WINK News first introduced you to Brenda Carlson, and the Purple Heart she found, last month. That Purple Heart has since been put into some very special hands and Carlson couldn’t be prouder.
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A World War II hero’s long lost Purple Heart is back in his hometown of Rockville Centre, Long Island. The Purple Heart belonging to Charles W. Crabbe was found nearly a decade ago, tucked in a sofa in Florida.
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A Purple Heart Medal that once belonged to a war hero from Rockville Centre finally has a new home. Technical Sgt. Charles Crabbe was killed in action during WWII in 1944.
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Shannon Matthews knows his Purple Heart isn’t his calling card. He earned it in a strange encounter with the enemy during an easily forgotten U.S. military action in 1994.
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