taft m. joseph jr. i think he thought i was a tell marketer. he hung up on me three times.is brother, who said he was a young captain in vietnam. wounded in combat. awarded that purple heart. some time in the '70s, it went missing. we traveled to overland park, kansas to pay him a visit. >> how you doing? >> reporter: he suffered a serious head wound in an attack. >> it was bad. i bled a lot. >> reporter: when his purple heart disappeared, his wife bought him a new one. it wasn't the same. >> he would say, that's not my purple heart. >> it's got my name on it. >> it's amazing. >> says for military merit, taft m. joseph jr. >> let me have a kiss. i'm so happy for you. >> reporter: nobody nose how that purple heart ended up in colorado. but it's finally back home. clanten sandell, abc news overland park kansas. >> a wonderful story. >> i love that story. i was just e-mailing clayton say dell telling him i loved that story. it was all because of his efforts to track the man down. stolen valor. i mean -- >> that was the story he was working on at the time. >> to see this guy an

taft m. joseph, jr. >> let me have a kiss.reporter: nobody knows how that purple heart ended up in colorado. but tonight, it's finally back home. clayton sandell, abc news, overland park, kansas. >> we are so glad it's back where it belongs tonight. i hope to see you right back here tomorrow. until then, good night. >>> tonight, a national day of action against police violence >> affordable housing decision. will residents be forced out? >> drought emergency in the east bay. this is as bad as it gets. what kinds of water restrictions will go into place, and when. >>> a live picture on sky 7 hd over san francisco. you can see demonstrators taken to the streets to protest police violence around country. pro testers are over the deaths of michael brown and now, walter scott in south carolina. in oakland, demonstrators spilled on to interstate 880 this afternoon. wayne, we'll start with you, please. >> it's been an interesting afternoon. we have six arrests in this a little more than an hour ago. police took six people into custod

we started wondering about the name engraved on the back -- taft, m. joseph jr.o a rough start. i think he thought i was a telemarketer because when i called, he hung up on me. three times. so we tracked down his brother, who told us taft joseph was a young captain in vietnam. wounded in combat awarded that purple heart. but sometime back in the '70s it had gone missing. so we traveled to overland park kansas to pay retired lieu tent nant colonel taft a visit. >> how are you doing? >> reporter: taft suffered a head wound when his unit was attacked. >> it was pretty bad. i bled a lot. >> reporter: when his purple heart disappeared, his wife peggy bought him a new one. it wasn't the same. >> he would kind of say, that's not my purple heart. >> reporter: but we had the real thing. >> it's got my name on it. >> amazing. >> taftm. joseph jr. >> let me have a kiss. i'm so happy for you. >> reporter: nobody knows how that purple heart ended up in colorado. but tonight, it's finally back home. clayton sandell, abc news, overland park, kansas. >> we are so glad it's back