New York Post | Vietnam War veteran gives Trump his Purple Heart for taking bullet in Butler: ‘You got guts’ @nypost | Uploaded 6 days ago | Updated 18 hours ago
A Vietnam War veteran was so moved by Donald Trump’s reaction to the assassination attempt in Butler, Pa., that he gave his Purple Heart to the former president on Friday.

The former Marine, identified only as Dwight, appeared on stage midway through the Republican presidential nominee’s town hall event in Fayetteville, North Carolina, to present him with the “small token.”

Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-Fla.), who was moderating the event, read a letter Dwight had penned to Trump in the aftermath of the assassination attempt, before the veteran personally handed the 45th president an envelope containing the award.

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