Purple Heart recipient receives keys to mortgage-free home in Lake Worth
Infantryman injured by IED during Iraq deployment
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PALM BEACH COUNTY, Fla. â Thirteen years ago on this day, Marine Lance Corporal Leonard Chong was on patrol in a convoy in Iraq when his vehicle stuck an improvised explosive device (IED) ending his military career.
The Purple Heart recipient was back in a convoy Thursday for another monumental moment as he received the keys to a mortgage-free home. And it was opening up to his case manager during recovery that made it possible.