WASHINGTON, July 10 -- Sen. Jacky Rosen issued the following press release:
Today, U.S. Senator Jacky Rosen's (D-NV) office presented former Army Staff Sergeant Thomas Martin with the Purple Heart during a ceremony at the Nevada Veterans Memorial Plaza. Senator Rosen secured the award for SSgt. Martin - who was injured by a punji stake in September 1967 while conducting a helicopter assault during combat operations in Vietnam - after not receiving it for nearly sixty years due to administrative oversights. SSgt. Martin contacted Senator Rosen's office for assistance, and the Senator and her team pushed the U.S. Army to evaluate the matter and retroactively award SSgt. Martin with a long-overdue Purple Heart. The Purple Heart is the oldest ...