My father was wounded Sept 26, 1918, at the Battle of the Argonne Forest.
Compound Comminuted Fracture of fibia, severance of artery, three surgeries in France and US. Lost 90% of his hearing.
Purple Heart awarded in the 1930’s. I can give privately his entry in the National Purple Heart Hall of Honor.
Monty Python Hospital Sketch
"'Fractured tibia, sergeant'? 'Fractured tibia, sergeant'? Ooh. Proper little mummy's boy, aren't we? Well, I'll tell you something, my fine friend, if you fracture a tibia here you keep quiet about it! Look at him! He's broken both his arms and he don't go shouting about it, do he? No! 'Cos he's a man - he's a woman, you see, so don't come that broken tibia talk with me. Get on at the double. One, two, three, pick that crutch up, pick that crutch right up."