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The Ramblings of a Crusty Old Sailor - National Purple Heart Honor Mission

SPECIAL VIRTUAL EVENT WITH PURPLE HEART RECIPIENT & AUTHOR DERL HORN

The National Purple Heart Honor Mission is excited to announce that we will be hosting a special virtual event with Purple Heart recipient and author of Blood, Sweat and Honor: Memoirs of a "Walking Dead Marine" in Vietnam, Derl Horn, on Tuesday, April 27 at 7:00pm EST.

On July 2, 1967, Derl Horn and members of Bravo Company walked into a U-shaped ambush just north of the DMZ. The company of Marines showed tremendous courage against unbeatable odds as they spent hours fighting for their own lives and the lives of their fellow Marines. They were trapped and pinned down in what looked to be a hopeless and helpless situation, but they refused to give up. For all involved, it would be a day that changed their lives forever.

U.S. Marine veteran and Purple Heart recipient Derl Horn will share an inspiring, powerful and true story of being drafted into the Marine Corps during the heights of the Vietnam War, and how it shaped the projection of his life in the years after his service.

CLICK HERE TO REGISTER FOR THIS SPECIAL VIRTUAL AUTHOR EVENT.

PURPLE HEART COMMEMORATIVE COIN DESIGN CONTINUES TO ADVANCE

Momentum continues to build toward the 2022 release of the National Purple Heart Hall of Honor Commemorative Coin.

Along with the special announcement news conference that was recently held outside the National Purple Heart Hall of Honor, the Honor Mission continues to engage with the U.S. Mint, its artists and design team to develop a 3-coin series that pays tribute to the service and sacrifice of our Purple Heart heroes. Purple Heart recipients bear the scars of war and some have given their lives so that we can live free. These special edition coins will be a tribute to that deep commitment to freedom and democracy.

We look forward to unveiling these special commemorative coins and and how to purchase them later this year.

Our mailing address is:

National Purple Heart Honor Mission

321 S, William St.

Newburgh, NY 12550

The Ramblings of Crusty Old Sailor - Honoring James Conboy Jr.

"Soldier, would you mind standing up? I'd like to take your picture" Robert Capa said to me.

"It was the last good picture of my right leg" (James Conboy Jr.)

This is James Conboy Jr of Philadelphia PA, 513th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 17th Airborne Division, just before heading towards Germany during Operation Varsity, wearing a 'Cheyenne Warlock' haircut as they had a Cheyenne native Indian trooper in their unit, Saturday March 24, 1945.

On this day Jim Conboy participated in Operation Varsity. He was only 19 years old when he made the jump near the Rhine River, northeast of Wessel, Germany. After the jump, however, a 20mm shell hit him in the right leg, shattering it. His leg was amputated, for which he received a Purple Heart.

War photographer Robert Capa's shot of Mr. Conboy, taken just before boarding the plane that took him to Germany, was featured in a 1945 Life magazine photo essay and picked up by media around the world. Mr. Conboy appeared in a 2003 PBS documentary, Robert Capa: In Love and War.

Conboy was awarded a Purple Heart and also a Bronze Star for his courage in combat.

He passed on January 29, 2004. He was 78 years old.