{"id":22430,"date":"2019-07-15T19:03:07","date_gmt":"2019-07-15T19:03:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/marinecorpstimes\/uncategorized\/2019\/07\/15\/98-year-old-marine-veteran-injured-at-battle-of-okinawa-receives-purple-heart-nearly-75-years-later\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T20:50:51","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T20:50:51","slug":"98-year-old-marine-veteran-injured-at-battle-of-okinawa-receives-purple-heart-nearly-75-years-later","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/marinecorpstimes\/news\/your-marine-corps\/2019\/07\/15\/98-year-old-marine-veteran-injured-at-battle-of-okinawa-receives-purple-heart-nearly-75-years-later\/","title":{"rendered":"98-year-old Marine veteran injured at Battle of Okinawa receives Purple Heart nearly 75 years later"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Shouts of \u201cOorah\u201d echoed Friday when a 98-year-old World War II Marine Corps veteran <a href=\"https:\/\/www.marinecorpstimes.com\/news\/your-marine-corps\/2018\/12\/12\/47-purple-hearts-for-marine-forces-in-iraq-and-syria-since-2016-show-glimpse-into-ongoing-operations\/\" target=\"_blank\">received a Purple Heart<\/a> nearly 75 years after he was i<a href=\"https:\/\/www.marinecorpstimes.com\/news\/your-marine-corps\/2018\/08\/06\/marine-awarded-purple-heart-for-combat-in-an-undisclosed-war-zone\/\" target=\"_blank\">njured in combat.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The battle cry was for Anthony \u201cTony\u201d Procassini, who served during the bloody Battle of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.marinecorpstimes.com\/news\/your-marine-corps\/2019\/07\/01\/congress-wants-a-review-of-the-corps-plan-to-distribute-forces-across-the-indo-pacific\/\" target=_blank>Okinawa <\/a>during World War II, according to the Detroit Free Press. The mortar crewman<a href=\"https:\/\/www.marinecorpstimes.com\/news\/your-marine-corps\/2019\/04\/14\/remains-of-marine-raider-killed-in-world-war-ii-returned-to-family\/\" target=_blank> suffered a blast concussion<\/a> on May 14, 1945, and spent weeks recovering.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Procassini was joined by more than 25 relatives at the Fort Dearborn, Michigan, American Legion post ceremony, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlive.com\/news\/2019\/07\/world-war-ii-vet-from-ann-arbor-receives-purple-heart-75-years-after-combat-injury.html\" target=_blank>MLive.com reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI\u2019m sorry that Dawn, my wife of 74 years, couldn\u2019t be here to share this moment with us,\u201d Procassini said of his wife, who died in 2018, according to MLive. \u201cWe know the process of 75 years was a long time, but it was worth the effort because it gave me the opportunity to share the results with my grandchildren.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/marinecorpstimes\/news\/your-marine-corps\/2018\/12\/12\/47-purple-hearts-for-marine-forces-in-iraq-and-syria-since-2016-show-glimpse-into-ongoing-operations\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"179\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/4957612-1.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">47 Purple Hearts for Marine forces in Iraq and Syria since 2016 give glimpse into ongoing operations<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">Only a handful of Purple Hearts earned in Iraq and Syria have been announced publicly by the Corps.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The couple had settled in Ann Arbor, Michigan, after the war, and had nine daughters and a son, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/obits.mlive.com\/obituaries\/annarbor\/obituary.aspx?n=dawn-procassini&#038;pid=188776908\" target=_blank>his wife\u2019s obituary.<\/a> Procassini also was a businessman who retired at age 93.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Marine Corps veteran had submitted paperwork for his Purple Heart when World War II concluded. When it never came, he continued with his life \u2015 until a few years ago when family inspired him to file paperwork, MLive reported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But there were still delays. Procassini and other World War II veterans reached out to then-Marine Commandant Gen. Robert B. Neller, a Michigan native, who helped expedite the bureaucratic process, according to the Detroit Free Press.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">U.S. Rep. Debbie Dingell, D-Mich., and Sen. 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