Daniel Mabesoone gets Purple Heart after 39 year wait - Vietman War
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Daniel Mabesoone gets Purple Heart after 39 year wait - Vietman War
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Posted: 12 Nov 2008 6:51AM GMT |
Classification: Military
Surnames: MABESOONE, PARKER
A Long-Awaited Honor
After a 39-year wait, Uncasville, CT man receives his Purple Heart
Published on 11/11/2008 in The New London Day newspaper, New London, CT www.theday.com
Photo By Sean D. Elliot
Alexis Parker, 9, and her sister Alyssa, 8, watch their grandfather Daniel Mabesoone receive a Purple Heart Monday at the Norwich office of U.S. Rep. Joe Courtney, D-2nd District.
With mixed emotions, and after 39 years of waiting, Uncasville, CT resident Daniel Mabesoone received his Purple Heart Thursday in a recognition ceremony at Congressman Joseph Courtney's Norwich, CT office.
During a tour in Vietnam in 1969, Mabesoone, an Army 1st Lieutenant, was injured while looking for enemy troops with his unit, the 199th Light Infantry Brigade, near Saigon. Shrapnel from a booby-trap tripped during the sweep pierced Mabesoone's left eye. The soldier was treated and rejoined his unit, not paying much attention to whether his injury was recorded by the government.
With help from Herbert Mitchell, veterans service officer for the state Department of Veterans Affairs, the medical records were found and Mabesoone was presented with the medal that had escaped him for nearly four decades.
After a 39-year wait, Uncasville, CT man receives his Purple Heart
Published on 11/11/2008 in The New London Day newspaper, New London, CT www.theday.com
Photo By Sean D. Elliot
Alexis Parker, 9, and her sister Alyssa, 8, watch their grandfather Daniel Mabesoone receive a Purple Heart Monday at the Norwich office of U.S. Rep. Joe Courtney, D-2nd District.
With mixed emotions, and after 39 years of waiting, Uncasville, CT resident Daniel Mabesoone received his Purple Heart Thursday in a recognition ceremony at Congressman Joseph Courtney's Norwich, CT office.
During a tour in Vietnam in 1969, Mabesoone, an Army 1st Lieutenant, was injured while looking for enemy troops with his unit, the 199th Light Infantry Brigade, near Saigon. Shrapnel from a booby-trap tripped during the sweep pierced Mabesoone's left eye. The soldier was treated and rejoined his unit, not paying much attention to whether his injury was recorded by the government.
With help from Herbert Mitchell, veterans service officer for the state Department of Veterans Affairs, the medical records were found and Mabesoone was presented with the medal that had escaped him for nearly four decades.
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