WWII Purple Heart Medal Discovered in Missouri Scrap Yard, Returned to Family

Discovery of a Lost Medal

• 💡 A World War II Purple Heart medal was unexpectedly found in a Missouri scrap yard, surviving the melting process.
• 📌 The medal was discovered on a conveyor belt at Scrap Mart and was found to be completely intact with a name etched on the back.

Mission to Find the Family

• 🔍 The staff at Scrap Mart embarked on a mission to locate the medal's rightful owners, utilizing ancestry.com to build a family tree.
• 🎯 Their efforts successfully identified a distant cousin of the medal's original recipient.

Honoring the Journey

• ✈️ To honor the medal's journey and its return, Scrap Mart flew the family to their national convention in San Diego.
• ✅ The Purple Heart medal is now safely back in the hands of the family.
• 💬 The family expressed gratitude, stating they wouldn't have the medal back without the kindness of strangers.