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Bookmark or Share- Seeking a list of Purple Heart recipients for WWII soldiersThe awarding of Purple Hearts was a decentralized process and there is no single collection of records for purple heart award files. General orders awarding Purple Hearts are typically found in individual unit records or the records of the military hospital where the soldier was treated.
- National Purple Heart Hall of HonorThe Lenticular Wall: This wall offers "then and now" images of 36 Purple Heart recipients. It is designed to let the visitor understand that Purple Heart recipients are all around us as family, neighbors and friends. Ultimate Sacrifice: This gallery area commemorates Purple Heart recipients who have lost their lives due to enemy action.
- National Purple Heart Hall of HonorThe Purple Heart has undergone many changes with respect to the criteria for being awarded. At first, the Purple Heart was exclusively awarded to Army and Army Air Corps personnel and could not be awarded posthumously to the next of kin. In 1942, President Franklin Roosevelt signed an executive order allowing the Navy to award the Purple Heart ...
- Seeking list of Korean War Purple Heart recipientsIn addition, we located a series titled Unit Histories, 1943 - 1967 in the Records of U.S. Army Operational, Tactical, and Support Organizations (World War II and Thereafter) ( Record Group 338) that includes records of many individual US Army units and may include general orders for awarding the Purple Heart. Next, we located Index of Purple ...
- National Purple Heart Hall of HonorThe National Purple Heart Hall of Honor is a New York State Parks Site under the jurisdiction of the Palisades Interstate Park Commission. While we work closely with many different organizations and entities, we are not directly affiliated with nor governed by the federal government, military or any other organizations.
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