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Article: ORDER OF THE PURPLE HEART MEMBERS SHARE STRONG BOND.(MILITARY NEWS)

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The Virginian-Pilot (Norfolk, VA)
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May 1, 1996
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Byline: STEVE MIGITZ

The Military Order of the Purple Heart U.S.A. is the only veterans'organization chartered by Congress exclusively for combat-wounded veterans who have been awarded the Purple Heart.

They parachuted into France, stormed the beaches on bloody Omaha in Normandy, sailed and island-hopped the South Pacific, battled in the frozen Chosin in Korea and trod the hills and the rice paddies of Vietnam.

And all were wounded in the line of duty.

The South Hampton Roads Military Order of the Purple Heart Chapter 136 offers a full membership only to holders of the Purple Heart Medal.

The local group was chartered in March 1992. The goals are to ...

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