Posts tagged Patriot Project Mission #4
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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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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The Herald-News: Spring City veteran chosen as state’s representative for 2026 Purple Heart Patriot Project
The Herald-News: Spring City veteran chosen as state’s representative for 2026 Purple Heart Patriot Project

A local Purple Heart recipient has been chosen to be one of the nation’s 2026 Purple Heart Patriot Project honorees. U.S. Air Force Colonel (Col.) Carl Pio Parlatore will represent his fellow Purple Heart heroes as Tennessee’s representative at the 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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Fullerton Observer: Fullerton Marine Corps Veteran Selected as California’s Representative for the 2026 Purple Heart Patriot Project
Fullerton Observer: Fullerton Marine Corps Veteran Selected as California’s Representative for the 2026 Purple Heart Patriot Project

A local Purple Heart recipient has been chosen to be one of the nation’s 2026 Purple Heart Patriot Project honorees. U.S. Marine Corps Major (Maj) Larry R. Iverson Jr., Ph.D., will represent his fellow Purple Heart heroes as California’s representative at the multi-day tribute to the courage and sacrifice of America’s combat wounded.

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The Monroe Sun: Monroe veteran to represent Connecticut during national Purple Heart tribute
The Monroe Sun: Monroe veteran to represent Connecticut during national Purple Heart tribute

In the late 1960s, U.S. forces fought to protect the South Vietnamese from being overrun by communists to the north of the country. The 101st Airborne Infantry was setting up a fire support base in the Ho Bo Woods in Củ Chi, Vietnam, when soldiers from Unit B left to ambush a contingent of the North Vietnamese Army.

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Local Purple Heart Recipient Robert Cloninger to be Honored During National Tribute Event
Local Purple Heart Recipient Robert Cloninger to be Honored During National Tribute Event

Cloninger enlisted in the Marine Corps on August 7, 1967, serving with 1st Battalion, 26th Marines, Delta Company. He deployed to Vietnam during the Tet Offensive and fought at the Siege of Khe Sanh before continuing combat operations in the jungles of Vietnam. He earned his Purple Heart after being wounded in a North Vietnamese ambush, suffering shrapnel injuries to his right upper arm.

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