Purple Heart Day is August 7 ... But that award fell out of use after the Revolutionary War through just after World War I. In 1932, Douglas MacArthur, then the Army chief of staff, reestablished ...
Harold Pressel received a Purple Heart during a ceremony in late January at the Dallastown American Legion Hall, 80 years ...
“Consequently, the defendant’s fabrication of documents and false claims of service-connected injuries, to include his assertion he was awarded a Purple Heart, is not only criminal, but repugnant.