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In this Thursday, Aug. 6, 2015, photo, Tami Heart poses for a photo as she holds a picture of World War II B-24 bomber crew member Wiljo Matalamaki and his Purple Heart, in White Bear Lake, Minn. Heart inherited the stranger's Purple Heart from her mother, who found it in a dump near a cabin the family purchased in northern Minnesota. She learned that the medal was awarded Matalamakie, who grew up in the cabin and was killed at age 22 when his plane was shot down during a bombing raid on Germany in June 1944. Heart will be returning the medal to Matalamaki's relatives Sunday, Aug. 9, in a ceremony at the Fort Snelling Memorial Chapel, near Historic Fort Snelling. (Jean Pieri/Pioneer Press via AP)
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