Glenn Fisher Receives Purple Heart 81 Years After 1945 Combat Wounding
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Updated · Fox News · Jul 5
Glenn Fisher Receives Purple Heart 81 Years After 1945 Combat Wounding
3 articles · Updated · Fox News · Jul 5
Summary
99-year-old Glenn Fisher received the Purple Heart on Wednesday at Louisville's Frazier History Museum, ending an 81-year wait for recognition of wounds he suffered in World War II.
A recording error and missing wartime documentation had blocked the award for decades, even after earlier applications, until friend Jeff Thoke assembled hundreds of pages of military records.
Fisher enlisted in 1943 at age 16, landed on Utah Beach, fought in the Battle of the Bulge and was wounded on March 25, 1945, when German artillery hit his unit near the Rhine River.
The medal arrives months before Fisher's 100th birthday, closing a long campaign to formally recognize injuries he said were never properly documented during the war.