To: lonevoice
did max cleland get a purple heart?
37 posted on
08/06/2004 4:42:51 PM PDT by
mylife
(The roar of the masses could be farts)
To: mylife
did max cleland get a purple heart? No he didn't, because the injury was not inflicted by the enemy.
57 posted on
08/06/2004 4:50:37 PM PDT by
Ichneumon
("...she might as well have been a space alien." - Bill Clinton, on Hillary, "My Life", p. 182)
To: mylife
It appears gardner is correct, you dont recieve the PH for self inflicted wounds:
"[Cleland] didn't step on a land mine. He wasn't wounded in a firefight. He couldn't blame the Viet Cong or friendly fire. The Silver Star and Bronze Star medals he received only embarrassed him. He was no hero. He blew himself up." (Baltimore Sun, Oct. 24, 1999)
66 posted on
08/06/2004 4:53:30 PM PDT by
mylife
(The roar of the masses could be farts)
To: mylife
Do they give Purple Hearts for blowing yourself up?
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