Sunday, October 24, 2010

James Otto Presented With a Special Purple Heart

Filed under: Exclusive, Country News, Songs


James Otto still sounds very humbled and more than a bit shocked that a U.S. Marine gave him his Purple Heart medal. The Purple Heart, of course, is awarded in the name of the President to those injured or killed in service.

It all started on October 15 when James saw the Marine, with whom he's spoken with before, at his Dallas show. When the two last met, James invited him on his tour bus to chat.

"He was really moved by the song 'In Color' and he had given me his POW hat with his Iraq campaign medal and his Afghanistan campaign medal," James tells The Boot of the serviceman who prefers to remain anonymous. "He had been wounded and a prisoner-of-war for 18 months. People don't really realize how many guys out there have been wounded or taken hostage and been through those nightmares."

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