Purple Heart Belonging to Iowa Native Being Returned to Family 80 Years Later

Earlier this summer, Bill Thompson was cleaning out an Alabama home and getting it ready for sale when he came across important mementos he felt needed to be returned to a Quad-Cities family.

The home, in Huntsville, had once belonged to Kenneth Warren Champagne, born in Burlington, Iowa, and his wife, Betty Irene Green Champagne, born in Davenport.

“There was a lot to clean out of the home,” Thompson said…

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