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The Post & Courier: National Purple Heart Day: facts and figures, including South Carolina
The Post & Courier: National Purple Heart Day: facts and figures, including South Carolina

Former Marine Cpl. Jackie Drakeford, a Fort Mill veteran, was selected to represent fellow Purple Heart recipients from South Carolina in New York this spring as part of the annual Purple Heart Patriot Project, a program of the National Purple Heart Honor Mission. Included among Patriot Project events were historic sites visits to the U.S. Military Academy at West Point; a private tour of the National Purple Heart Hall of Honor; Washington's Revolutionary War headquarters in Newburgh, N.Y., where he established the Badge of Military Merit; and the 9/11 Memorial in New York City.

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NewsBob DriscollNational Purple Heart Day, Patriot Project Mission #4
Statement: On National Purple Heart Day, Americans Should Pause to Salute Service and Sacrifice, Honor Iran War Purple Heart Heroes
Statement: On National Purple Heart Day, Americans Should Pause to Salute Service and Sacrifice, Honor Iran War Purple Heart Heroes

As the nation continues to celebrate 250 years since its founding, Americans acknowledge that our resiliency would not have been possible without the sacrifice of our 1.8 million-plus Purple Heart recipients. Across generations and continents, everyday Americans, of all backgrounds, have stepped forward to answer their country’s call to duty to defend liberty and freedom from the darkness of Nazism, communism, fascism and terrorism. They gave their lives or bore the physical and emotional scars of war for a lifetime. 

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NewsBob DriscollNational Purple Heart Day, News
Medina Gazette: Lost Purple Heart returned to family of Vietnam War soldier nearly 60 years later
Medina Gazette: Lost Purple Heart returned to family of Vietnam War soldier nearly 60 years later

Nearly six decades after Staff Sgt. Curtis R. Patton was killed in Vietnam, his Purple Heart has been returned to his family. Patton’s sister, Faye Wilcox, and brother, Jerry Patton, accepted the medal on Monday during a ceremony at Chippewa Lake Yacht Club, attended by family members, veterans and representatives of the Purple Heart Honor Mission.

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NewsBob DriscollRecovery & Advocacy, Ohio, Vietnam
Wallkill Valley Times: ‘Concert for Heroes’ to benefit Purple Heart Patriot Project
Wallkill Valley Times: ‘Concert for Heroes’ to benefit Purple Heart Patriot Project

The “Concert for America’s Heroes,” presented by the National Purple Heart Honor Mission, will take place at Mount Saint Mary College’s Aquinas Theatre. The event serves as the capstone of this year’s Purple Heart Patriot Project mission, which brings combat-wounded veterans from all 50 states to the Hudson Valley.

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NewsBob DriscollPatriot Project Mission #4, Concert for America's Heroes, Events, News
Press Release: “Concert for America's Heroes" Will Celebrate America's 250th Birthday and Salute Our Nation's Purple Heart Recipients
Press Release: “Concert for America's Heroes" Will Celebrate America's 250th Birthday and Salute Our Nation's Purple Heart Recipients

As we celebrate the 250th birthday of our great nation, Purple Heart heroes from across the nation will come together in New York’s historic Hudson Valley for a special tribute concert this April. The “Concert for America’s Heroes” will be the capstone event of this year’s Purple Heart Patriot Project mission that brings combat wounded veterans from every state to the New York region.

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NewsBob DriscollConcert for America's Heroes, Events, News