{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.donnelly.senate.gov/newsroom/press/donnelly-helps-secure-purple-heart-for-wwii-veteran-from-muncie", "Donnelly Helps Secure Purple Heart for WWII Veteran from Muncie", "2016-09-21", "2016", "2016-09", "Democrat", "House", "IN", "Joe Donnelly", "D000607", "www.donnelly.senate.gov", null, null, "legacy", "Donnelly Helps Secure Purple Heart for WWII Veteran from Muncie\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\tMedal award comes more than 70 years after the battlefield injury\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\tWednesday, September 21, 2016\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\tMuncie, Ind. \u2013 Today, Muncie resident and World War II veteran Junior Howell received the Purple Heart medal, exactly 72 years after he was injured in World War II. Howell was hit by shrapnel during the Battle of Peleliu in the Pacific on September 21, 1944. He requested assistance from U.S. Senator Joe Donnelly whose office worked to secure the medal. Donnelly\u2019s staff was on hand in Muncie today for the award ceremony with the U.S. Marine Corps.\r\n\r\nDonnelly said, \u201cJunior Howell served our country with distinction during World War II, and it was a great honor to help him receive this long overdue Purple Heart. We owe our deepest gratitude to Junior Howell and thank him for his sacrifice.\u201d\r\nVeterans whose medals have been lost or destroyed can contact Donnelly\u2019s office in Indianapolis at 317-226-5555 for assistance replacing them. Donnelly\u2019s office may also be able to help veterans working to access medals they have earned.\r\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://www.donnelly.senate.gov/newsroom/press/donnelly-helps-secure-purple-heart-for-wwii-veteran-from-muncie"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.770406099036336, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}