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Ga. man reunited with brother’s Purple Heart

August 18, 2015 By United States Vets

by Charles Oliver
The Daily Citizen, Dalton, Ga. (Tribune News Service) August 16, 2015

Many people wouldn’t have done what Justin Chad Davis did.

While cleaning out a shed at an Atlanta home, Davis came across a box full of family heirlooms, including a Purple Heart, an award given to American military members who are wounded or killed in combat.

“Some people, when they find a Purple Heart, just discard it,” said Zachariah L. Fike, a captain in the Vermont National Guard and CEO of Purple Hearts Reunited. “Some people sell them. There’s a large collectors’ market for them.” [Read more…]

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