Long thought to have been stolen, the Purple Heart medal that Worcester native Thomas Flynn was awarded for his World War I service was returned to his family at the State House on Tuesday, the latest reunification arranged by Treasurer Deborah Goldberg's Unclaimed Property Division.

The medal landed with the Unclaimed Property Division decades ago. It had been inside a safe deposit box under the name of Flynn's wife, Mary, who died in 1992. When the contents went unclaimed, the state took custody.

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Unclaimed Property Division Director of Publication and External Relations Christina Lambert recently embarked on a quest to identify the rightful owners or heirs of six Purple Heart medals and other military honors that

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