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180127-N-DX349-020 FLANDREAU, S.D. (Jan.27, 2018) Sylvan Vigness stands with his wife, Iona, after she pinned a Purple Heart to his chest, during a ceremony in his honor. Vigness, a U.S. Navy World War II veteran was awarded the Purple Heart at the ceremony for injuries he received on April 1, 1945, during the Battle of Okinawa, when a kamikaze attack struck his ship, USS Hinsdale (APA 120), a Haskell-class attack transport. (U.S. Navy Photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Phil Ladouceur/Released)

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