Local Purple Heart recipients honored at ceremony

The briefing

Eleven North Central Washington veterans were honored at the third annual Purple Heart Community Ceremony at the Wenatchee Convention Center. Among them was John Drake, who was a 19-year-old sailor when a Japanese suicide boat attacked his ship in the Philippines during World War II. Honorees span World War I through Operation Iraqi Freedom and are inducted into the Chelan County Hall of Honor at the county Veterans Service Office.