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Purple Heart Stamp Reissued

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Purple Heart Stamp Reissued Week of May 25, 2009

Tammy Duckworth, Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) assistant secretary for Public and Intergovernmental Affairs, recently spoke at a U.S. Postal Service ceremony announcing the reissue of the Purple Heart stamp. This is the fifth issue of the Purple Heart definitive postage stamp. The Purple Heart stamp was first issued on May 20, 2003. The reissued stamp features a photograph by Ira Wexler of one of two Purple Hearts awarded to James Loftus Fowler of Alexandria, Va., who was battalion commander of the Third Battalion, Fourth Marines serving in Vietnam. A picture of the new Purple Heart stamp is available on the U.S. Postal Service website. For more information, contact your local post

This is good...

My $00.0002

Just signed a petetion to make it a permenant stamp.

Thank you, JJ.

MAB32, where can we find that petition?

Jim Webb D-VA has introduced a bill to make the stamp permanent.

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Originally Posted by Utah Bob (Post 266542)

Jim Webb D-VA has introduced a bill to make the stamp permanent.

COOL. Will check it out!

The Permanent Purple Heart Stamp:

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Originally Posted by Utah Bob (Post 266542)

Jim Webb D-VA has introduced a bill to make the stamp permanent.

I plan to write to Senator Webb and THANK him for his effort to make the PURPLE HEART STAMP PERMANENT. A lot of my friends earned the PURPLE HEART the HARD way. Special Forces Soldiers from C Company 1st SFG (Abn) Killed in Action. Capt. Herbert F Hardy 03-04-1964. Panel 1E line 45. George Underwood 07-23-1964. 1E Row 59. William Toth 10-27-1964. 1E Row 69. James Gabriel 04-08-1962. 1E Row 8. Wayne Marchand 04-08-1962 1E Row 8. Dave Morgan 09-23-1965 2E Row 93. George A Hoagland III 01-29-1966. 4E Row109. Donald J Fawcett 07-03-1966. 8E Row123. Richard E Pegram 08-23-1968. 47W Row51. Bryan E Grogan 07-05-1965. 2E Row27. Although not Special Forces a neighbor and friend Leonard S Pelullo 02-13-1967. 15E Row 25
REST IN PEACE....tom kelly

S.572 [111th]
Title:Perpetual Purple Heart Stamp Act
Sponsor: Sen Webb, Jim [D-VA] (introduced 3/11/2009) Cosponsors: 10
Committees: Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs
Related Bills: H.R.1305
Latest Major Action: 4/23/2009 Referred to Senate subcommittee. Status: Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs referred to Subcommittee on Federal Financial Management, Government Information, Federal Services, and International Security.
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COSPONSORS, ALPHABETICAL [* = original cosponsor]: (Change sort: by date, by party)
Cosponsor Statistics: 10 current (includes 6 original)
Sen Bingaman, Jeff [D-NM] - 5/19/2009
Sen Boxer, Barbara [D-CA] - 3/11/2009 *
Sen Brown, Sherrod [D-OH] - 3/11/2009 *
Sen Burr, Richard [R-NC] - 3/18/2009
Sen Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN] - 3/16/2009
Sen Lincoln, Blanche L. [D-AR] - 3/11/2009 *
Sen Nelson, E. Benjamin [D-NE] - 3/11/2009 *
Sen Thune, John [R-SD] - 6/2/2009
Sen Vitter, David [R-LA] - 3/11/2009 *
Sen Wicker, Roger F. [R-MS] - 3/11/2009 *

H.R.1305 [111th]
Title:Perpetual Purple Heart Stamp Act
Sponsor: Rep King, Peter T. [R-NY-3] (introduced 3/4/2009) Cosponsors: 73
Committees: House Oversight and Government Reform
Related Bills: S.572
Latest Major Action: 3/4/2009 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
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COSPONSORS, ALPHABETICAL [* = original cosponsor]: (Change sort: by date, by party)
Cosponsor Statistics: 73 current (includes 63 original)
Rep Altmire, Jason [D-PA-4] - 3/30/2009
Rep Arcuri, Michael A. [D-NY-24] - 3/4/2009 *
Rep Baca, Joe [D-CA-43] - 3/4/2009 *
Rep Bishop, Timothy H. [D-NY-1] - 3/4/2009 *
Rep Bordallo, Madeleine Z. [D-GU] - 3/4/2009 *
Rep Boswell, Leonard L. [D-IA-3] - 3/4/2009 *
Rep Brady, Robert A. [D-PA-1] - 3/4/2009 *
Rep Braley, Bruce L. [D-IA-1] - 3/4/2009 *
Rep Broun, Paul C. [R-GA-10] - 3/4/2009 *
Rep Brown, Henry E., Jr. [R-SC-1] - 3/4/2009 *
Rep Brown-Waite, Ginny [R-FL-5] - 3/4/2009 *
Rep Burton, Dan [R-IN-5] - 3/4/2009 *
Rep Carney, Christopher P. [D-PA-10] - 3/4/2009 *
Rep Childers, Travis [D-MS-1] - 3/4/2009 *
Rep Coble, Howard [R-NC-6] - 3/4/2009 *
Rep Costa, Jim [D-CA-20] - 3/25/2009
Rep Doyle, Michael F. [D-PA-14] - 3/25/2009
Rep Engel, Eliot L. [D-NY-17] - 3/18/2009
Rep Filner, Bob [D-CA-51] - 3/4/2009 *
Rep Fortenberry, Jeff [R-NE-1] - 3/4/2009 *
Rep Foxx, Virginia [R-NC-5] - 3/4/2009 *
Rep Frelinghuysen, Rodney P. [R-NJ-11] - 3/4/2009 *
Rep Garrett, Scott [R-NJ-5] - 3/4/2009 *
Rep Gordon, Bart [D-TN-6] - 3/4/2009 *
Rep Griffith, Parker [D-AL-5] - 3/4/2009 *
Rep Hall, Ralph M. [R-TX-4] - 3/4/2009 *
Rep Heller, Dean [R-NV-2] - 3/4/2009 *
Rep Hensarling, Jeb [R-TX-5] - 3/4/2009 *
Rep Hinchey, Maurice D. [D-NY-22] - 3/4/2009 *
Rep Holden, Tim [D-PA-17] - 3/4/2009 *
Rep Holt, Rush D. [D-NJ-12] - 3/4/2009 *
Rep Israel, Steve [D-NY-2] - 3/4/2009 *
Rep Johnson, Sam [R-TX-3] - 3/11/2009
Rep Johnson, Timothy V. [R-IL-15] - 3/4/2009 *
Rep Jones, Walter B., Jr. [R-NC-3] - 3/4/2009 *
Rep Kagen, Steve [D-WI-8] - 3/4/2009 *
Rep Kaptur, Marcy [D-OH-9] - 3/4/2009 *
Rep Kildee, Dale E. [D-MI-5] - 3/4/2009 *
Rep Kilpatrick, Carolyn C. [D-MI-13] - 3/4/2009 *
Rep Kosmas, Suzanne M. [D-FL-24] - 3/4/2009 *
Rep Latham, Tom [R-IA-4] - 3/4/2009 *
Rep Latta, Robert E. [R-OH-5] - 3/11/2009
Rep Lee, Christopher J. [R-NY-26] - 3/4/2009 *
Rep LoBiondo, Frank A. [R-NJ-2] - 3/4/2009 *
Rep Loebsack, David [D-IA-2] - 3/4/2009 *
Rep Lungren, Daniel E. [R-CA-3] - 3/4/2009 *
Rep Maloney, Carolyn B. [D-NY-14] - 3/4/2009 *
Rep Marshall, Jim [D-GA-8] - 3/4/2009 *
Rep Massa, Eric J. J. [D-NY-29] - 3/4/2009 *
Rep McCotter, Thaddeus G. [R-MI-11] - 3/4/2009 *
Rep McGovern, James P. [D-MA-3] - 3/4/2009 *
Rep McMahon, Michael E. [D-NY-13] - 3/6/2009
Rep Meeks, Gregory W. [D-NY-6] - 3/4/2009 *
Rep Miller, Candice S. [R-MI-10] - 3/4/2009 *
Rep Moore, Gwen [D-WI-4] - 3/4/2009 *
Rep Myrick, Sue Wilkins [R-NC-9] - 4/2/2009
Rep Payne, Donald M. [D-NJ-10] - 3/6/2009
Rep Peterson, Collin C. [D-MN-7] - 3/4/2009 *
Rep Poe, Ted [R-TX-2] - 3/4/2009 *
Rep Posey, Bill [R-FL-15] - 3/4/2009 *
Rep Rangel, Charles B. [D-NY-15] - 3/4/2009 *
Rep Rogers, Harold [R-KY-5] - 3/11/2009
Rep Ros-Lehtinen, Ileana [R-FL-18] - 3/4/2009 *
Rep Rothman, Steven R. [D-NJ-9] - 3/4/2009 *
Rep Sensenbrenner, F. James, Jr. [R-WI-5] - 3/4/2009 *
Rep Sessions, Pete [R-TX-32] - 3/4/2009 *
Rep Smith, Adrian [R-NE-3] - 3/4/2009 *
Rep Smith, Christopher H. [R-NJ-4] - 3/4/2009 *
Rep Stearns, Cliff [R-FL-6] - 3/4/2009 *
Rep Terry, Lee [R-NE-2] - 3/4/2009 *
Rep Walz, Timothy J. [D-MN-1] - 3/4/2009 *
Rep Wolf, Frank R. [R-VA-10] - 3/4/2009 *
Rep Young, Don [R-AK] - 3/4/2009 *

Nice, but the reality is that this will need about 67 co-sponsors in the Senate and 270 in the House to go anywhere.

If your Member (Senate and House) aren't here, you need to call and ask them to sign on...