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    Pa. WWII vet gets long-delayed Purple Heart
    Source: San Diego Union-Tribune
    Friday 27th January, 2012  

    PITTSBURGH -; A World War II veteran from Pittsburgh has at long last received a Purple Heart - 70 years after he was wounded in the Battle of Okinawa.

    Aaron Narvol was awarded the medal Tuesday on his 93rd birthday for the bullet he took to his leg while trying to save a fellow soldier.

    Narvol had tried to obtain the medal several times... ...

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