Purple Hearts Reunited Strikes Again
We’ve written more than once before here on TAH about Zachariah Fike and his nonprofit organization, Purple Hearts Reunited (two previous articles can be found here and here). Their mission is to return recovered military decorations to their original owners and/or next of kin.
Well, it looks like they’re due for some more public recognition and thanks.
The 1945 Good Conduct Medal of Navy retiree Richard Gene Woody was recently found hidden inside an empty VCR cassette, wrapped in plastic and hidden in a tree in Milton, VT. A number of other military-related artifacts were also found with Woody’s GCM.
Woody died in 1982. However, Fike was able to locate Woody’s son, Myron Gene Woody in Sidney, NE. He plans to return the medal to Woody’s son.
Well done, folks. Thanks.
Purple Hearts Reunited is a nonprofit organization. If you have a few spare dollars looking for a home, IMO maybe you should consider them.
Category: Veterans Issues, Who knows
Great organization I just learned about. I am proud of what they do and what they have done for the Woody family. Here-Here.
Great Org!