Posthumous Purple Heart Medal To Be Awarded....
 

Success -- Finally

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Thought you might like to know what is happening to "Posthumous Purple Heart For Prisoners of War Who DIED In Enemy Captivity." This is the response that we received from Senator Boxer's office today.

Brenda Tavares

----- Original Message -----
From: "Norris, Ann (Boxer)"
Sent: Tuesday, December 18, 2007 11:54 AM
Subject: RE: QUESTION?????????????????????????????????????????? ?????


DoD assured us that they are working to change the regulations now, and
that the changes to the regulation should be in place by mid next year.
We continue to follow up with DoD on a regular basis. This is from the
last correspondence we received:

The policy change to allow POWs who die in captivity to receive the
Purple Heart is being incorporated into the revised version of DoD
1348.33-M, Manual of Military Decorations and Awards. The revised
manual is currently being staffed at the Action Officer level and will
be formally staffed for approval early next year. We anticipate
publication of the revised manual by mid-2008.

Please let me know if you have any questions.

Thank you -

Ann



Ann Norris
Senior Legislative Assistant
Senator Barbara Boxer

-----Original Message-----
From: Rick Tavares
Sent: Tuesday, December 18, 2007 2:43 PM
To: Norris, Ann (Boxer); Schultze, Sharon; Major Doug Johnson
Subject: QUESTION?????????????????????????????????????????? ?????

Could you please let us know WHY the DoD Is Tap Dancing around this
Posthumous Purple Heart Medal for the Prisoners of War who DIED in Enemy
Captivity for the past year? Why has it NOT been implemented into the
Purple Heart Regulations already? I hope to hear from you soon.

Merry Christmas & A Happy New Year!!!!

Brenda Tavares

Finally a Pol from Kalifornia gets something right. About time!

This is an e-mail from the Pentagon concerning the Posthumous Purple Heart Medal For All POWs Who DIED in Enemy Captivity


Brenda,

Sorry, nothing new to report. I will keep you posted if anything new
develops. In the meantime, we all must be patient.

V/R

Doug

-----Original Message-----
From: Rick Tavares [mailto:sgt1@sciti.com]
Sent: Friday, September 19, 2008 1:05 PM
To: Johnson, Carl D Maj OSD PR
Subject: Question?????????

Major

Has there been any feed-back as to when the Posthumous Purple Heart Measure
will finally be entered into the Manual, thereby allowing those family
members who are eligible to begin application process for the posthumous
Purple Heart Medal for their loved one who died in enemy captivity?

Do You Have Any Phone Numbers Of The Difference Military Services That We
and These Veterans Groups Who Are Calling Us, Might Call Directly To Find
Out When They Will Let The Public Know As To When Relatives Can Start The
Process Of Applying For This Posthumous Purple Heart Medal?

Rick is too old and sick to continue spending have the day trying to respond
to these people on something that we have no definitive answers as far as
dates to respond to these people. Can I have them call you directly if they
have any questions?

I can understand and appreciate how these people feel as some of them have
been waiting well over 6 decades for closure.

Thank you for all your assistances.

Brenda