After the war, Meyer’s family applied for him to receive a Purple Heart medal ... For Klobuchar, whose late father served in the Korean War, this case was more personal than most.

The Purple Heart ... be “the figure of a heart in purple cloth, or silk, edged with narrow lace or binding.” But that award fell out of use after the Revolutionary War through just after ...

“I had an uncle killed in the Korean War, and my grandmother always had his Purple Heart displayed at home. Knowing what it meant to my family, it’s a privilege to bestow that honor on another ...