Le vétérinaire de marine Jimmy Ohlheiser a reçu son duo Purple Heart 56 ans après avoir été blessé au Vietnam. Marine vet Jimmy Ohlheiser received his overdue Purple Heart 56 years after being wounded in Vietnam.

Jimmy Ohlheiser, vétéran de la marine, blessé au Vietnam en 1968, a reçu son duo Purple Heart 56 ans plus tard, le jour des anciens combattants. Marine veteran Jimmy Ohlheiser, wounded in Vietnam in 1968, received his overdue Purple Heart 56 years later on Veterans Day. Ohlheiser, abattu à la tête et paralysé à gauche, a eu son prix retardé en raison d'erreurs bureaucratiques. Ohlheiser, shot in the head and left paralyzed on his left side, had his award delayed due to bureaucratic errors. Après les efforts du sénateur James Lankford et des Marines, la surveillance a été corrigée et la médaille a été remise au Norman Veterans Home. After efforts by Senator James Lankford’s office and the Marines, the oversight was corrected, and the medal was presented at the Norman Veterans Home.