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Buff Chase finally receives Purple Heart after 60 years
In York Maine Herman Buff Chase a World War II army field cook who joined the 28th Infantry Regiment in 1939 earned the Purple Heart Monday at the town Memorial Day ceremony. He was paralyzed briefly after a shell hit during the Battle of the Bulge and later helped found VFW Post 6977.
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