Purple Heart found in abandoned safe deposit box returned to family

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Nov. 11 (UPI) -- A Purple Heart belonging to a World War II veteran from Illinois spent decades in a safe deposit box before being returned to his family in time for Veteran's Day. The Purple Heart, awarded to U.S. Army rifleman James Bennett during World War II, ended up in the possession of Illinois State Treasurer Michael Frerichs as part of Operation Purple Heart, a program he launched to return military medals from abandoned safe deposit boxes to their rightful owners. "We have to do a bit

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