For 71-year-old Georgia resident Gus Allbritton, surviving the Vietnam War was something of a miracle, as he was badly wounded in combat on three separate occasions. And although he received the Purple Heart medal for his sacrifice, that token of honor was later lost in a burglary. But in a twist of fate nearly four decades later, another miracle saw that cherished metal returned to him. In 1968, Allbritton as a teenager had graduated high school on a Friday. He’d gotten his draft notice on Saturday. And on Monday he found himself in Fort Benning in the Army. During his service in Vietnam, from 1969 to 1970, Allbritton was maimed three times in battle—for which he received three Purple Heart medals. “I was wounded first time in the right shoulder with an AK-47, sniper shot into my shoulder,” he told WGXA News. “Second time, I was wounded through my feet, my …