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Veterans race to reunite WWI Purple Hearts before 2017 deadline
Vermont group Purple Hearts Reunited aims to return 100 World War I lithographs and certificates tied to injuries or deaths, converting them into Purple Hearts for descendants. Founder Zachariah Fike notes the project honors forebears, with first gift made in Hanover PA to a grandnephew.
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ST. Albans
United States
Zachariah Fike
Purple Hearts Reunited
Fike
Vermont
Hanover
Pennsylvania
Cpl
William Frederick Zartman
France
Zartman
Wayne Bowers
Thomasville
Bowers
Pvt
Corrado A.G. Piccoli
Watertown
New York
Iraq
Afghanistan
Purple Hearts