Photo: Courtesy Mountaineer Echo.
From left to right: Purple Heart recipient Sgt. Chris Short who served in U.S. Army; Purple Heart advocate Bruce Emerson; Flippin Mayor Jerald Marberry; Military Order of the Purple Heart Department of Arkansas Commander, Chuck Adkins; Purple Heart recipient Staff Sgt. Walter “Boots” Mayberry who served with Army Core and was a POW WWII; and Purple Heart recipient Aaron Mankin, Iraq veteran.
Flippin has been acknowledged as a Purple Heart City. The recognition came earlier this month in a ceremony at Hickey Park.
State Representative Jack Fortner of Yellville welcomed three Purple Heart recipients.
Also on hand were Terri Garrett, representing U.S. Congressman Steve Womack, as well as Cpl. Aaron Mankin, veterans advocate from Rogers.
In addition, Chuck Adkins, Military Order of the Purple Heart, spoke on the beginning of the Purple Heart Association in 1992.
Bruce Emerson, Purple Heart advocate, presented Mayor Jerald Marberry and the City of Flippin a plaque and its first Purple Heart street sign.
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