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Navy Sailor posthumously awarded Purple Heart at Hanscom AFB ceremony
March 26, 2026
HANSCOM AFB, Massachusetts, March 26 -- The U.S. Air Force Hanscom Air Force Base issued the following news:

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Navy Sailor posthumously awarded Purple Heart at Hanscom AFB ceremony

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HANSCOM AIR FORCE BASE, Mass. - A U.S. Navy Sailor received the Purple Heart nearly 82 years after being injured during the World War II D-Day invasion June 6, 1944.

Machinist's Mate 3rd Class Joseph Tryon was posthumously awarded the medal d . . .

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