On December 16 at Delaware Veterans Summit and PACT Townhall in New Castle Delaware Biden says that when he was VP his father requested and, based on the request, he got his Uncle Frank a Purple Heart and then presented it to his Uncle (1).
But it NEVER HAPPENED (2)
His father died in 2002.
His uncle died in 1999.
No record his Uncle awarded Purple Heart.
You know, I — my dad, when I got elected Vice President, he said, “Joey, Uncle Frank fought in the Battle of the Bulge.” He was not feeling very well now — not because of the Battle of the Bulge. But he said, “And he won the Purple Heart. And he never received it. He never — he never got it. Do you think you could help him get it? We’ll surprise him.”
So we got him the Purple Heart. He had won it in the Battle of the Bulge. And I remember he came over to the house, and I came out, and he said, “Present it to him, okay?” We had the family there.
I
said, “Uncle Frank, you won this. And I want to…” He said, “I don’t
want the damn thing.”
(1) https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/speeches-remarks/2022/12/16/remarks-by-president-biden-at-a-delaware-veterans-summit-and-pact-act-town-hall-new-castle-de/
(2) https://www.verifythis.com/amp/article/news/verify/joe-biden/joe-biden-awarded-uncle-frank-purple-heart-during-vice-presidency-story-fact-check/536-f9d78fe0-38a8-4756-8037-2da8b8ef24f6
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