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Brig. Gen. Mark Hertling speaks at Mount Vernon, Va., Friday as he hails the U.S. Postal Service's release of a Purple Heart commemorative postage stamp. The Purple Heart is the oldest military decoration in the world and has been given to more than 1.5 million servicemen and -women wounded or killed in action.

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