“He had some housing difficulty. He was between places, and he had this box of important things to him, and he asked her to hold on to him for safekeeping,” Gugliuzza said.<\/p>\n
Inside that box was a Purple Heart, one of the nation’s oldest and most respected military decorations awarded to service members wounded or killed in combat. Gugliuzza believes Morris likely earned it during Vietnam.<\/p>\n
“As a veteran, you know, wounded for you know the service of our country,” Gugliuzza said. “You can’t just discard it.”<\/p>\n
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That’s why he brought it to WINK Listens to get the word out. He’s seen other stories where medals have been reunited with either the soldier or family members, and that’s what he wants to do.<\/p>\n
“If anybody knows Anthony W. Morris or or his family, if you’re related to him or not, we have his his Purple Heart. I mean, this is his medal, and it belongs to him or to his family,” Gugliuzza said.<\/p>\n
Sometimes the most valuable thing we can return isn’t just a medal\u2014it’s a piece of someone’s history. If you have any information that could get this Purple Heart home, WINK News would like to hear from you at tips@winknews.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n