Duty Calls: Purple Heart recipient represents state during tribute
Terry Brown
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Marine Staff Sgt. Oliver Hickok receives one of his two Purple Hearts while recuperating from a Vietnam War combat wound. (National Purple Heart Honor Mission)Provided
A former Albany Marine recruiter and Vietnam War veteran has been chosen to be one of the nation’s 2021 Purple Heart Patriot Project honorees.
Marine Staff Sgt. Oliver Hickok of Newburgh, a former Albany resident, is a two-time Purple Heart recipient who represented his fellow Purple Heart heroes from New York state at a multi-day tribute to the courage and sacrifice of American’s combat wounded. The Purple Heart Patriot Project is a program of the National Purple Heart Honor Mission.