Angelino awarded Purple Heart
NORWICH – Norwich City Police Chief Joseph Angelino, a Marine Reservist and three-time Iraq war veteran, has been awarded the Purple Heart medal with gold star in lieu of a second award. Brigadier General David Papak awarded the medals at a ceremony held last Friday at Marine Aerial Refueler Transport Squadron 452 aboard the Stewart Air National Guard Base in Newburgh.
Sergeant Major Angelino stood in front of his squadron of Marines as General Papak, 4th Marine Air Wing Commanding General, presented the medal and two certificates on behalf of the President of the United States.
“I’m truly humbled to wear a decoration that is also worn by others who are much, much more badly injured than myself,” Angelino said.
The Purple Heart Medal established by General George Washington in Newburgh on Aug. 7, 1782, during the Revolutionary War is awarded to service members wounded in combat by direct result of enemy action. Coincidently, Angelino’s medal was also awarded in Newburgh, home the Marine Corps “Yankees Squadron” and just a short distance from the National Purple Heart Hall of Honor.
Angelino was first wounded in action on Sept. 5, 2005 by an IED (Improvised Explosive Device) while traveling to assist a Marine patrol that had been ambushed by small arms fire in An bar Province, Iraq. His second injury occurred on Sept. 30, 2005 during an enemy mortar attack on Camp Habbaniyah, Iraq.
Sergeant Major Angelino has been in the United States Marine Corps for over 20 years, a Norwich Police Officer since 1981 and Chief of Police since 1996. Present for the ceremony was Angelino’s wife, Kendall Saber, and dignitaries and government officials from Norwich, including Mayor Joseph Maiurano, Hon W. Howard Sullivan, Terry Bresina and James Cushman.
Sergeant Major Angelino stood in front of his squadron of Marines as General Papak, 4th Marine Air Wing Commanding General, presented the medal and two certificates on behalf of the President of the United States.
“I’m truly humbled to wear a decoration that is also worn by others who are much, much more badly injured than myself,” Angelino said.
The Purple Heart Medal established by General George Washington in Newburgh on Aug. 7, 1782, during the Revolutionary War is awarded to service members wounded in combat by direct result of enemy action. Coincidently, Angelino’s medal was also awarded in Newburgh, home the Marine Corps “Yankees Squadron” and just a short distance from the National Purple Heart Hall of Honor.
Angelino was first wounded in action on Sept. 5, 2005 by an IED (Improvised Explosive Device) while traveling to assist a Marine patrol that had been ambushed by small arms fire in An bar Province, Iraq. His second injury occurred on Sept. 30, 2005 during an enemy mortar attack on Camp Habbaniyah, Iraq.
Sergeant Major Angelino has been in the United States Marine Corps for over 20 years, a Norwich Police Officer since 1981 and Chief of Police since 1996. Present for the ceremony was Angelino’s wife, Kendall Saber, and dignitaries and government officials from Norwich, including Mayor Joseph Maiurano, Hon W. Howard Sullivan, Terry Bresina and James Cushman.
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