"We never forget": Attleboro veteran finds family of WWII Purple Heart recipient
ATTLEBORO, MA (WLNE)– After a week of searching, Ben Quelle, Director of Veteran Services in Attleboro, finally found the family of a Purple Heart ...
ATTLEBORO, MA (WLNE)– After a week of searching, Ben Quelle, Director of Veteran Services in Attleboro, finally found the family of a Purple Heart recipient– whose medal had been out of their hands for roughly 70 years. A veteran gave Quelle the medal last week from an Attleboro resident. Quelle explained, 'None of them understood really who had the medal and why. He's not a blood relative. He could have just been a family friend or what have you but they didn't know it was missing. They didn't know that it existed until they found out today.