Sioux City Journal: Sioux City Purple Heart recipient honored to meet other wounded vets

SIOUX CITY — When combat veterans share their experiences with one another, their individual stories might be different, but very similar at the same time.

It doesn't matter if they served in Vietnam, as Sioux City native John Mansfield did, or more recent military actions in Iraq or Afghanistan. They were all on that "tip of the spear," as Mansfield calls it, experiencing similar fears while trying to carry out their missions.

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