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 office.