Local vets earn medals, purple hearts

FAMILY HONORED — The family of Pvt. Albert J. Arnold, who was killed in action while serving in Europe on December 25, 1994, accepts the State of Maine Gold Star Honorable Service Medal during a presentation at the Maine Veterans' Home in South Paris on Tuesday.

PURPLE HEART — Army veteran Sgt. Linwood C. Newell, left, from Norway who served in Korea and earned a Purple Heart accepts a State of Maine Silver Star Honorable Service Medal at the Maine Veterans' Home in South Paris Tuesday from Col. Jeffrey Morton of the Army National Guard. Morton was presenting the awards on behalf of Gov. Paul LePage. Tuesday, August 7, was National Purple Heart Day.

PURPLE HEART — Marine Corps veteran Cpl. John C. Vachowski, from Lovell who served in Vietnam and earned a Purple Heart gets pinned during a State of Maine Gold and Silver Star Honorable Service Medal presentation held Tuesday at the Maine Veterans' Home in South Paris in honor of National Purple Heart Day.