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To: AJKauf

To my knowledge a Purple Heart has always been awarded for injuries in a ‘declared’ combat zone by Presidential Order.

I don’t think Fort Hood is on that list. Nor do I want to think what this President would declare as a combat zone ... possibly his Press Briefing Room.


3 posted on 11/14/2009 10:43:25 AM PST by K-oneTexas (I'm not a judge and there ain't enough of me to be a jury. (Zell Miller, A National Party No More))
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To: K-oneTexas

The Purple Heart relates to enemy action, not combat zones. Military personnel injured at the Pentagon on 9-11 were awarded Purple Hearts.


6 posted on 11/14/2009 10:56:37 AM PST by Plutarch
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