BATON ROUGE — August 7 is National Purple Heart Day, a solemn occasion dedicated to honoring the men and women wounded or killed while serving in the U.S. military.
Members of the Military Order of the Purple Heart, Chapter 177 in Baton Rouge, made up mostly of Vietnam veterans, gathered to commemorate the day. They were led by Commander Jason Sedotal, a veteran wounded in Iraq in 2004.
Sedotal, like many who’ve earned the medal, says the significance of the honor wasn’t immediately clear when it was first awarded…