Rep. Smith Presents Purple Heart, Bronze Star Medals to Vietnam Combat Veteran 58 Years After Battle
March 14, 2026
March 14, 2026
WASHINGTON, March 14 -- Rep. Chris Smith, R-New Jersey, issued the following news release:
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Smith presents Purple Heart, Bronze Star medals to Vietnam combat Veteran 58 years after battle
TOMS RIVER, NJ -- Fifty-eight years ago, U.S. Marine Corporal Leo Perlmutter did not know what hit him. He was in one of the battles in the Tet Offensive, launched by North Vietnam and the Viet Cong against the U.S. and Vietnamese forces in January of 1968. Enemy mort . . .
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Smith presents Purple Heart, Bronze Star medals to Vietnam combat Veteran 58 years after battle
TOMS RIVER, NJ -- Fifty-eight years ago, U.S. Marine Corporal Leo Perlmutter did not know what hit him. He was in one of the battles in the Tet Offensive, launched by North Vietnam and the Viet Cong against the U.S. and Vietnamese forces in January of 1968. Enemy mort . . .