Wright-Patterson will join Purple Heart Trail

Thomas Jesse Murphy died in a World War II battle but his remains were only found recently. Muprhy’s family, some of whom live in Butler County, said all they knew about their relative was a few news clippings from an Indiana newspaper and a Purple Heart buried in their mother’s drawer. MICHAEL D. PITMAN/STAFF

Thomas Jesse Murphy died in a World War II battle but his remains were only found recently. Muprhy’s family, some of whom live in Butler County, said all they knew about their relative was a few news clippings from an Indiana newspaper and a Purple Heart buried in their mother’s drawer. MICHAEL D. PITMAN/STAFF
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Wright-Patterson Air Force Base will join the Purple Heart Trail community on Dec. 10, as the first active-duty Purple Heart Base after its public designation ceremony at 10 a.m. at the National Museum of the United States Air Force, Carney Auditorium.

The Purple Heart Trail program is a symbolic and honorary array of roads, highways, bridges, and other monuments that give tribute to the men and women who have been awarded the Purple Heart medal.

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Col. Thomas Sherman, 88th Air Base Wing and installation commander, will read and accept the proclamation.

The Purple Heart was derived from a military merit award that Gen. George Washington established in 1782, an announcement from Wright-Patterson noted. It serves as the oldest American military decoration in use to honor combat service members who have been wounded, killed or died from an injury sustained as the result of military operations while on a peacekeeping mission outside of the U.S. and its territories, the base said.

Tuesday’s guest speaker will be Randy Howson, Purple Heart Trail coordinator for the state of Ohio.

This event is free and open to the public.

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