V-J Day 
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8/9/2020
75 Years Later, Purple Hearts Made for an Invasion of Japan are Still Being Awarded
by D.M. Giangreco
There has been much debate about how close the United States was to victory in the Pacific before the atomic bombs were dropped 75 years ago this week. But in 1945, the military ordered so many Purple Heart medals in anticipation of an invasion of Japan that medals from that supply are still being awarded today.
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