102-year-old WWII veteran of 'Black Thursday' raid receives Purple Heart 80 years late
Malcolm Champagne, 102, a survivor of the “Black Thursday” raid — one of the costliest American missions of World War II — has belatedly received medals that he earned 80 years ago jumping from his burning B-17 bomber and being taken prisoner by German forces for the rest of the war.
Source: stripes.com