Patrick Burgess, a Vietnam War Army veteran, talks about the Purple Heart medal and millimeters that can make the difference between getting a Purple Heart and not. He will represent Iowa at the national 2023 Purple Heart Patriot Project in New York.
Read MoreU.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 MoreSIOUX CITY (KTIV) - A Sioux City native will represent the state of Iowa as a Purple Heart recipient and one of the nation’s 2023 Purple Heart Patriot Project honorees.
Read MoreSIOUX CITY, Iowa (KCAU) — A Sioux City veteran has been chosen to be one of the honorees for the 2023 Purple Heart Patriot Project mission.
Read MorePurple Heart recipient Armando Martinez IV of Fairbanks is “stoked” to represent Alaska at the National Purple Heart Hall of Honor, West Point, next week.
Read MoreU.S. Marine Corps Corporal Walter Kaczmarek will represent his fellow Purple Heart heroes from New Jersey at a multi-day tribute to the courage and sacrifice of America’s combat wounded. The trip is being made possible thanks to generous support from Amboy Bank.
Read MoreU.S. Army Sergeant (SGT) Patrick Burgess will represent his fellow Purple Heart heroes as Iowa’s representative at a multi-day tribute to the courage and sacrifice of America’s combat wounded.
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.
Read MoreU.S. Army Sergeant (SGT) Eden Puente will represent his fellow Purple Heart heroes as Illinois representative at a multi-day tribute to the courage and sacrifice of America’s combat wounded.
Read MoreU.S. Navy Hospital Corpsman 2nd Class (HM2) George Stavropoulos of Fishers will represent his fellow Purple Heart heroes as Indiana’s representative at a multi-day tribute to the courage and sacrifice of America’s combat wounded.
Read MoreU.S. Army Specialist 4th Class Glenn Boche will represent his fellow Purple Heart heroes as Minnesota’s representative at a multi-day tribute to the courage and sacrifice of America’s combat wounded.
Read MoreFISHERS, Ind. (WISH) — A veteran residing in Hamilton County was selected to receive the experience of a lifetime honoring his military sacrifice.
Read MoreU.S. Navy Hospital Corpsman 2nd Class George Stavropoulos will represent his fellow Purple Heart heroes as Indiana’s representative at a multi-day tribute to the courage and sacrifice of America’s combat wounded.
Read MoreLawrenceville resident Louis Zayas, who served in the U.S. Army during the Vietnam War, has been selected as a 2023 Purple Heart Patriot Project honoree.
Read MoreConnecticut’s selection for the nation’s 2023 Purple Heart Patriot Project is from right here in Newtown. US Army Sergeant Michael Perron will represent his fellow Purple Heart heroes at a multi-day tribute to the courage and sacrifice of America’s combat wounded, September 18-22.
Read MoreU.S. Army Sergeant (SGT) Louis Zayas will represent his fellow Purple Heart heroes as Georgia’s representative at a 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.
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