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A 96-year-old Korean War veteran from Minnesota has been waiting for 70 years for a Purple Heart medal. The Army keeps turning him down. He has provided documents to back
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.
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.
Earl Meyer said he was hit in the leg by shrapnel in 1951 but never received the Purple Heart medal he was entitled to.
Earl Meyer is 96 years old, but he has plenty of fight left in him, as evidenced by a battle he is waging against the U.S. Army over a Purple Heart medal.