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Korean war vet sues to get Army to get Purple Heart

Earl Meyer thinks the medic who treated his mortar shrapnel injury died before submitting paperwork about it, causing the Army to reject his application. ....

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Earl Meyer, 96-year-old Korean War vet, still attempting to get Purple Heart medal after 7 decades

Earl Meyer remembers in vivid detail when his platoon came under heavy fire during the Korean War he still has shrapnel embedded in his thigh. ....

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96-year-old Korean War veteran still attempting to get Purple Heart medal after 7 decades – Metro US

ST. PETER, Minn. (AP) Earl Meyer remembers in vivid detail when his platoon came under heavy fire during the Korean War — he still has shrapnel embedded in his thigh. But over 70 years later, the 96-year-old is still waiting for the U.S. Army to recognize his injury and to award him a Purple […] ....

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96-year-old Korean War Veteran still trying to get Purple Heart Medal after 7 decades

Doctors at the Department of Veterans Affairs agreed that his account of the shrapnel coming from a mortar attack was probably true. But few men in his unit who would ....

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96-Year-Old Korean War Veteran Still Attempting To Get Purple Heart Medal After 7 Decades

Earl Meyer has provided the Army with documents to back up his assertion that he was wounded in combat in June 1951. ....

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