ABC 7 DC: White House honors war heroes on National Purple Heart Day
WASHINGTON (7News) — Before a hushed crowd of nearly 100 Purple Heart recipients inside the East Room of the White House, President Trump honored those wounded or killed in battle on this National Purple Heart Day.
Amid this crowd of heroes dating back to the Korean War, two-time purple heart recipient 39-year-old Vanessa Schieber of Pennsylvania.
“It’s always amazing. You automatically bond with each other right away because you’ve been in the same situation, the same struggles, and you never met before but you leave five minutes later like best friends," concluded Schieber.