Family receives Purple Heart 75 years after veteran sold it for food
When Army Pvt. William Myack returned home to Scranton, Pa., in 1944 after serving in Europe during WWII, the wounded Purple Heart recipient couldn't find work. To pay for food, he sold his Purple Heart. On Friday, Myack's 94-year-old sister Mary Usckizczy received a new Purple Heart on her late brother's behalf.