September 2025

Early Life in Rural Kansas George A. Weeks was born on August 8, 1922, in the small community of Baileyville, Kansas. He was the only… Read More »Purple Heart Walk – George Weeks

Early Life and Enlistment Moses Frank Tate was born on May 22, 1920, in Seneca, Nemaha County, Kansas, the son of Charles and Marie (Halley)… Read More »Purple Heart Walk – Moses Tate

Early Life and Education Ernest Gilbert Swart was born on June 11, 1919, near Seneca, Kansas, the son of George and Grace Swart. In 1929,… Read More »Purple Heart Walk – Ernest Swart

Early Life and Enlistment Emmett Gregory Stueve, affectionately known as “Buckles,” was born in Kansas and raised in the small community of Axtell. He was… Read More »Purple Heart Walk – Emmett Stueve

Early Life in Sabetha Elgin A. Strahm was born on January 3, 1919, in Sabetha, Kansas, to Mr. and Mrs. Ed B. Strahm. Raised in… Read More »Purple Heart Walk – Elgin Strahm