BY MARTIN MARTINEZ
“They have their lives, they have their education, they’re raising families, so they don’t have time for a lot of this veterans stuff,” said Pilvinsky, of Ellijay. “They don’t have time to march in a parade or go to meetings and stuff like that.”
Pilvinsky wants to create a new chapter of the Military Order of the Purple Heart (MOPH) in north Georgia. The MOPH is a congressionally-chartered veterans organization for those who received the Purple Heart award while serving in the military.
“Unfortunately, the closest chapter (located in Rome) to Dalton, Chatsworth and Ellijay is at least 50 miles away,” said Pilvinsky. “This is inconvenient for many people and for that very reason there are a number of Purple Heart recipients in the area who never join the organization.”
The Purple Heart is an award given to those who were wounded in combat while serving in 
any branch of the U.S. military. Pilvinsky said he hopes to reach out to all veterans in the north Georgia area who have received the award.
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