Brooklyn native and WWII hero’s lost Purple Heart being returned to his family
A lost Purple Heart medal is being returned to the family of a New York City sailor who died trying to rescue shipmates after his Navy vessel was attacked by a German submarine during World War II.
Ensign Rubin Keltch’s medal will be given to his niece during a ceremony being held Friday at a Bronx park named for him.
The Vermont-based group Purple Hearts Reunited says a Vermont man found the medal in his father’s collection of flea market purchases.