William Quinlan

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This undated photo provided by William Quinlan shows his grandfather and World War I veteran Pvt. Daniel Quinlan. One of the first Purple Heart medals ever awarded to American military personnel is being returned to a relative of Daniel Quinlan's, who received it for wounds suffered during World War I. Purple Hearts Reunited said Quinlan’s medal was sent to the Vermont-based group recently with a note saying it was found in the mid-1990s in the attic of a Hudson Valley home near where Quinlan lived before he died in a 1938 car crash. (Courtesy of William Quinlan via AP)