FREE: TWO NEW"METAL OF HONOR" FOREVER STAMPS AND TWO PURPLE HEART-SUPPORT THE SOLDIERS THAT PROTECTED YOU

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The Medal of Honor: World War II Forever® stamp features the nation's highest award for valor in combat. It is presented “for conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of life, above and beyond the call of duty.”
. One stamp features a photograph of the Navy version of the Medal of Honor; the other stamp features a photograph of the Army version of the award.


The U.S. Postal Service continues to honor the sacrifices of the men and women who serve in the U.S. military with the issuance of the Purple Heart Medal (Forever®) stamp that depicts the medal suspended from its purple and white ribbon.

The Purple Heart is awarded in the name of the President of the United States to members of the U.S. military who have been wounded or killed in action. According to the Military Order of the Purple Heart, an organization for combat-wounded veterans, the medal is “the oldest military decoration in the world in present use and the first award made available to a common soldier.”