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Federico Gallegos Federico Gallegos "Fred" a lifetime resident of Albuquerque passed away May 20, 2025, at the age of 92. He served in the US Army in the Korean war with honors which included a purple ...
The names on the Coffee County War Memorial represent the brave soldiers from the community who gave their lives.
This story first appeared in the Newnan Times-Herald about a Purple Heart medal found in a local scrapyard. A local historian tracked the name on the medal to David T. McMahon, a World War II pilot ...
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Purple Heart mystery deepens
We have an update on that mysterious Purple Heart medal discovered in a Newnan junkyard 80 years after the soldier’s death following World War II.
The post office in Huron will now hold a new name. Family members, friends and residents gathered to honor fallen Army First ...
The latest use of a large sum of the public’s money was brought about by a petition signed by 361 people against a population ...
McMahon's Purple Heart was recently saved from a Georgia scrapyard. “A gentlemen that works at the scrapyard, junk yard, he ran across a Purple Heart in a World War 2 case,” local history buff Steve ...
U.S. Sen. Jim Banks and Fort Wayne Mayor Sharon Tucker presented the Purple Heart to a military veteran and Summit City native during a ceremony in Fort Wayne Tuesday.
It almost sounds like something out of a movie. A WWII veteran’s Purple Heart, gone for decades, was recently found in Newnan ...
A hero's moment in the spotlight, Purple Heart recipient, retired Sgt. Lonnie Gaudet received a standing ovation during a special tribute at the Savannah Bananas game this weekend.