A World War II and Korean War veteran, Purple Heart recipient, and avid tennis player still hits the courts three times a week—and he’s not just playing, he’s winning.
Several members of the News 6 team were honored this week by the Military Order of the Purple Heart for their coverage of the organization's national convention in July.
Hundreds of our nation’s bravest men and women are in town for the Military Order of the Purple Heart’s 91st Annual Conference.
The families of five Hawaii men who served in a unit of Japanese-language linguists during World War II have received posthumous Purple Heart medals on behalf of their loved ones nearly eight decades after the soldiers died in a plane crash in the final days of the conflict.
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FLAGLER COUNTY, Fla. – A priceless war medal was returned to a Flagler County family after a volunteer found the memorabilia at an Arizona thrift shop. Lisa Walker said it took more than three decades for her father’s war medals to be returned to her family. (WKMG)She said she only had photos of him, until his Purple Heart and other Korean War medals were found more than 2,000 miles away at an Arizona thrift store. Her only clue was Blauberg’s name on the back of the Purple Heart. AdWalker said she didn’t know her father earned a Purple Heart.
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ORLANDO, Fla. – An Orlando Police Department officer who was shot in the head in 2018, sparking a standoff that ended with a man killing himself and four children, is showing signs of improvement. Officer Kevin Valencia was awarded a Purple Heart, which his wife Meghan Valencia accepted Tuesday during a retirement ceremony. She also received a plaque naming her husband an honorary K9 handler since he expressed interest in becoming a K9 officer before he was injured. Thank you so much for making him an honorary K9 officer, I can’t wait to tell him,” Meghan Valencia said during the ceremony. In a news release, the police department said the now-retired officer has been showing signs of improvement.
