"WWII Veteran Gets Purple Heart Posthumously" Topic
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 Editor in Chief Bill   | 29 May 2018 4:55 a.m. PST |
Army Private First Class Raul Herrera Sr. served in World War II and passed away in 1992, but never received the Purple Heart for his wounds endured in service… link |
 Legion 4  | 29 May 2018 6:12 a.m. PST |
RIP Soldier … you earned it … Happy to see he finally got a very well deserved metal … |
| Old Wolfman | 29 May 2018 7:03 a.m. PST |
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| randy51 | 29 May 2018 7:50 a.m. PST |
My father, Chester F. Carlson, 132nd Inf, Americal Division (south Pacific Theater), received a bronze star that none of us knew about until after he died in 1973 and it was noted on his grave marker at the National Cemetery, Arsenal Island. |
| Lion in the Stars | 29 May 2018 9:57 a.m. PST |
To absent companions:   |
| Korvessa | 29 May 2018 5:19 p.m. PST |
My Grandfather (WWI) didn't get his because some idiot clerk wrote "none" instead of "one" under wounds on his discharge papers.
I was able to find proof digging through family papers and he received his about 30 years after he died. |
| Legion 4 | 30 May 2018 6:37 a.m. PST |
 Korvessa
Now no where near as "important" as being awarded a PH. And no where near as "painful". But I left the ROK in '85. And finally got awarded a Korean Defense Service Metal in about 2015 …  . Only after being told if I sent my DD214, etc., to the records people in St. Louis, MO[IIRC] I may get it awarded. After 22 months in the ROK, '84-'85 with 2 tours on the DMZ with a Mech Bn. My buddies at the VA, etc., told me to go ahead an send in my paperwork … So I did … Now it's gathering dust still in the box on my book case like some of the others … Better late than never I guess …  |
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