A Black WWII veteran who was denied the Purple Heart due to racial inequalities receives the medal at 99
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Former Army Private Osceola "Ozzie" Fletcher received a Purple Heart last week at age 99 after more than eight decades of unrecognized service in the Battle of Normandy.
"There were probably many others like myself who did not get honored, and I just lasted longer," Fletcher told "The Story" host Martha MacCallum on Thursday. "However, the guys of other complexions did get medals. They showed it in their neighborhoods and I found out about it in other ways….and the soldiers who got Purple Hearts are those people that weren’t there in the very, very beginning and it seems that maybe many officers got Purple Hearts because they were White. But I don’t know about any other unwhite soldiers, you might say, getting honored in any way [at that time.]" After Fletcher's granddaughter reached out on his behalf, the 99-year-old veteran received the honor in a ceremony on June 18 in Fort Hamilton, Brooklyn. Army officials and other leaders praised Fletcher for his service, acknowledging that he was a victim of racial injustice.
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