U.S. Army Specialist 4 (SP4) James Ives represented his fellow Purple Heart heroes as New York’s representative at the multi-day tribute to the courage and sacrifice of America’s combat wounded.
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U.S. Marine Corps Corporal (Cpl) Ted Craiglow represented his fellow Purple Heart heroes as Ohio’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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A Bismarck Army veteran and Purple Heart recipient has been chosen as one of the nation’s 2023 Purple Heart Patriot Project honorees. U.S. Army Specialist 5 (SP5) Dale Thomsen, a veteran of the Vietnam War, represented North Dakota in September at a multiday tribute to the courage and sacrifice of America’s combat wounded.
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U.S. Marine Corps Chief Warrant Officer 5 Walter Schley (former resident of Harris, Missouri) represented his fellow Purple Heart heroes as Missouri’s honoree at the multi-day tribute to the courage and sacrifice of America’s combat wounded.
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U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Ed O’Neal represented his fellow Purple Heart heroes as North Carolina’s representative at the multi-day tribute to the courage and sacrifice of America’s combat wounded.
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U.S. Army Specialist 5 (SP5) Dale Thomsen represented his fellow Purple Heart heroes as North Dakota’s representative at the multi-day tribute to the courage and sacrifice of America’s combat wounded.
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A local Purple Heart recipient was recently honored as one of the nation’s 2023 Purple Heart Patriot Project honorees. U.S. Air Force Lieutenant Colonel Ed O’Neal represented his fellow Purple Heart heroes as North Carolina’s representative at the multi-day tribute to the courage and sacrifice of America’s combat wounded.
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US Army SSG Vanessa Schieber, of Northampton County, PA, was name among the Patriot Project's honorees for 2023. The Purple Heart Patriot Project is a program of the National Purple Heart Honor Mission.
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She was born in Germany, received a college tennis scholarship, served in the U.S. military, was shot while serving in Iraq, was severely injured by an IED in Afghanistan, earned her Ph.D. and is now a high school English teacher.
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U.S. Air Force Lieutenant Colonel Ed O’Neal represented his fellow Purple Heart heroes as North Carolina’s representative at the multi-day tribute to the courage and sacrifice of America’s combat wounded.
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MISSOULA, Mont. — U.S. Navy Radioman Third Class Steven "Gus" Gustuson represented Montana at a Purple Heart Patriot Project event. Gustuson has two Purple Hearts from shrapnel wounds during his time serving in the 1960s.
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U.S. Army National Guard Sergeant Blanca Taylor represented her fellow Purple Heart heroes as Nevada’s representative at the multi-day tribute to the courage and sacrifice of America’s combat wounded.
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U.S. Navy Radioman Third Class Steven “Gus” Gustuson represented his fellow Purple Heart heroes as Montana’s representative at the multi-day tribute to the courage and sacrifice of America’s combat wounded.
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U.S. Marine Corps Chief Warrant Officer 5 Walter Schley represented his fellow Purple Heart heroes as Missouri’s honoree at the multi-day tribute to the courage and sacrifice of America’s combat wounded.
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Going above and beyond, the Purple Heart Patriot Project, an initiative led and funded by the National Purple Heart Honor Mission, provided 38 Purple Heart recipients and their guests a weeklong all-expenses paid trip to New York in a gesture that stands as a heartfelt tribute to those who endured trails on the battlefield.
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U.S. Army SSG Vanessa Schieber Ph.D. represented her fellow Purple Heart heroes as Pennsylvania’s representative during a multi-day tribute to the courage and sacrifice of America’s combat wounded.
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We celebrated and stood for our flag and those who sacrificed all for America and Americans and brought Purple Heart heroes from across America, who were greeted with a star-spangled welcome home at a public rally at the Newburgh Armory for the National Purple Heart Honor Mission’s 2023 Purple Heart Patriot Project.
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U.S. Army Sergeant William “Billy” Dobbs represented his fellow Purple Heart heroes as Mississippi’s representative at the multi-day tribute to the courage and sacrifice of America’s combat wounded.
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U.S. Army PFC Robert Senter represented his fellow Purple Heart heroes as the national at-large honoree at the multi-day tribute to the courage and sacrifice of America’s combat wounded.
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