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York County World War II veteran receives Purple Heart after 80 years
Days shy of his 101st birthday, Sgt. Harold "Bud" Pressel stood in front of a full house at the American Legion in Dallastown ...
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World War II veteran awarded Purple Heart 80 years later
A 100-year-old veteran in York County received his Purple Heart 80 years later. “The Purple Heart means quite a bit,” ...
York veteran Harold Pressel was awarded a Purple Heart 80 years after wounds in WW II
Harold "Bud" Pressel was awarded the Purple Heart he earned in 1944 when his bomber was shot down over Germany and he was ...
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York WWII vet, 100, to finally get his Purple Heart 80 years after his plane was shot down
The ruptured eardrum qualified Pressel for the Purple Heart. But he wasn’t concerned ... David Sample met Pressel about 30 years ago at a World War II memorial week in Reading, Pa.