Dozens of Purple Heart recipients and Gold Star Mothers from the area were honored at the second Triangle Purple Heart Dinner on August 28th at the Sheraton Imperial Hotel.
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Hartwell Wright
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Janice Chance holds dog tags of son Jesse Melton III
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Tarsha Burroughs, Frances Lowe
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This article originally appeared in the October 2021 issue of WALTER magazine.