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Purple Heart for sale for $4.99...
Posted on 3/20/18 at 3:24 am
Posted on 3/20/18 at 3:24 am
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Didn’t need any more reason to think that Goodwill was one of the worst businesses in existence, but this put the icing on the cake...
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A Purple Heart earned during World War II will soon be returned to the recipient's family in Missouri after it was sold for $4.99 at an Arizona Goodwill store. Laura Hardy says she was shopping at a Mesa, Arizona, Goodwill over the weekend when her husband spotted the Purple Heart on display in the store’s jewelry section.
Didn’t need any more reason to think that Goodwill was one of the worst businesses in existence, but this put the icing on the cake...
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Posted on 3/20/18 at 6:17 am to GrizzlePickle
I believe it is illegal to sell those. I know there is a federal statute that they can’t sell replicas but I thought you couldn’t sell real ones either. Might be wrong on that part though.
Posted on 3/20/18 at 6:22 am to jbgleason
It’s only illegal to sell the Medal of Honor now. Stolen Valor Act was done away by Barrack H Obama.
Posted on 3/20/18 at 6:32 am to IT_Dawg
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It’s only illegal to sell the Medal of Honor now. Stolen Valor Act was done away by Barrack H Obama.
No it wasn’t, it was ruled unconstitutional by the Supreme Court. It’s an abridgment of free speech.
It was a stupid arse law that came from the Senate during the W. Bush era. Laws for fraud already exist if you benefit from stolen valor and those crimes should fall under that. If some douche knuckle wants to pretend to be Rambo with all kind of medals but is not benefiting in anyway, he should just be mocked, not charged with a crime.
This post was edited on 3/20/18 at 6:39 am
Posted on 3/20/18 at 6:57 am to Dam Guide
I've got a medal of honor from my great aunts first husband. Tried to get it to his family but there is none left 
They married right before he left so she hardly knew him.
They married right before he left so she hardly knew him.
Posted on 3/20/18 at 7:03 am to Dam Guide
quote:You seem unusually educated on and invested in such an obscure law?
It was a stupid arse law that came from the Senate during the W. Bush era. Laws for fraud already exist if you benefit from stolen valor and those crimes should fall under that. If some douche knuckle wants to pretend to be Rambo with all kind of medals but is not benefiting in anyway, he should just be mocked, not charged with a crime.
Posted on 3/20/18 at 7:42 am to GrizzlePickle
Stars and Stripes
Here is another one from a few years ago about a guy who bought a bomber jacket at a Goodwill, and returned it to the 90 year-old World War II vet it originally belonged to.
Here is another one from a few years ago about a guy who bought a bomber jacket at a Goodwill, and returned it to the 90 year-old World War II vet it originally belonged to.
Posted on 3/20/18 at 8:02 am to porkrind
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I've got a medal of honor from my great aunts first husband. Tried to get it to his family but there is none left They married right before he left so she hardly knew him.
I'll give you 3.50 for it, cash.
Posted on 3/20/18 at 8:21 am to porkrind
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I've got a medal of honor from my great aunts first husband.
If it is from World War II, and you have no personal attachment to it, why not donate it to the National World War II Museum in New Orleans? It has been a few years since I've been to the museum, but I don't recall them having a Medal of Honor on display. They would certainly display something like that.
Posted on 3/20/18 at 8:22 am to GrizzlePickle
Someone donated a medal to Goodwill.
They sold it. Which is what they do with donated items.
You have to be the biggest saddest snowflake in the world to get triggered by that.
They sold it. Which is what they do with donated items.
You have to be the biggest saddest snowflake in the world to get triggered by that.
This post was edited on 3/20/18 at 8:23 am
Posted on 3/20/18 at 8:47 am to TheFonz
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why not donate it to the National World War II Museum in New Orleans?
Damn good idea.
Posted on 3/20/18 at 9:29 am to MWP
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Damn good idea.
They aren't short on purple hearts or other type of donations. They don't want everything and most items are in storage for years before finally making it on display.
Posted on 3/20/18 at 9:38 am to Quinn225
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Storage
This is 100% accurate. Good friends dad, who was a USMC platoon leader on Guadalcanal, went down there to donate some very unique items. One being the coolest piece of war memorabilia I have ever seen, his original battle map of the island with notes on each days engagements-casualties-etc. The folks at the museum were very polite but blunt in saying they are overwhelmed with donations and most items will never be displayed. He kept the items instead of relegating them to some shelf in a warehouse.
Posted on 3/20/18 at 9:49 am to porkrind
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I've got a medal of honor from my great aunts first husband. T
I’d roll into a VFW wearing that thing with a stopwatch. See how long it took my arse to get kicked. Or at least have an old fella take a poke at me. Lol
Seriously though, I’d go to a VFW with it and ask. What do I do with it? Is it a nice enough place that they’d display it? I imagine a ton of vets have never seen one?
Maybe they let you get a free beer or two for life for your donation? Since Your Uncle didn’t get his. Lol.
Something before it sat in a box in a drawer.
Posted on 3/20/18 at 9:51 am to TheFonz
They have a MOH on display at the museum. It belonged to some baw from Louisiana. He was a fighter pilot that shot down a bunch of japs and then got stranded on an island with some natives. He survived and returned home. They even have a huge spear that the native cheif traded the pilot for his belt buckle. It's pretty cool. The spear is about 10 feet tall.
Posted on 3/20/18 at 9:54 am to BRgetthenet
What is the reasoning for this picture of Yolanda holding up an ugly purse?
Posted on 3/20/18 at 10:02 am to Quinn225
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They aren't short on purple hearts or other type of donations.
I figured a Medal of Honor would be something worth displaying, but like you said, they probably get bombarded by donations.
Posted on 3/20/18 at 10:03 am to SECSolomonGrundy
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They have a MOH on display at the museum. It belonged to some baw from Louisiana. He was a fighter pilot that shot down a bunch of japs and then got stranded on an island with some natives. He survived and returned home. They even have a huge spear that the native cheif traded the pilot for his belt buckle. It's pretty cool. The spear is about 10 feet tall.
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Posted on 3/20/18 at 10:05 am to GrizzlePickle
There are people out there who collect medals. Since WWII a lot of medals have been sold off, sent to Goodwill, or even thrown in the trash. There have been plenty of purple hearts found discarded like rubbish. At least collectors continue to honor the memory of the men and women who earned those medals.
There is talk of legislation to prevent the buying and selling of Purple Heart medals in the U.S. The only thing this will do is push all those medals to foreign collectors. Where do you think all the Medals of Honor are now? They're all overseas because it's illegal to possess them in this country.
There is talk of legislation to prevent the buying and selling of Purple Heart medals in the U.S. The only thing this will do is push all those medals to foreign collectors. Where do you think all the Medals of Honor are now? They're all overseas because it's illegal to possess them in this country.
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