Family to finish 100-year story of Sumter soldier with WWI Purple Heart
Drafted WWI black Sumterite to receive posthumous Purple Heart
BY ADRIENNE SARVIS
adrienne@theitem.com
adrienne@theitem.com
Posted 10/9/18
One-hundred years is a long time to wait.
For one patient family, 100 years of waiting has led to a deeper understanding of service to country as descendants wait three more days for a patriarch to posthumously receive the Purple Heart …
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