Veteran, 96, continues quest for medal over wound suffered in Korean War
Earl Meyer remembers in vivid detail when his platoon came under heavy fire during the Korean War – he still has shrapnel embedded in his thigh.
But more than 70 years later, the 96-year-old is still waiting for the US Army to recognise his injury and to award him a Purple Heart medal, which honours service members wounded or killed in combat.
