To: SandRat; skinkinthegrass; Alamo-Girl; SeraphimApprentice; zot; Interesting Times
And that is the reason why the Army and Congress created in 1934 the Purple Heart medal to be awarded to those wounded and/or died of wounds in combat. In honor of General Washington’s “badge of merit.”
3 posted on
06/24/2012 7:00:22 PM PDT by
GreyFriar
(Spearhead - 3rd Armored Division 75-78 & 83-87)
To: GreyFriar
Thanks for the ping. I didn’t know this.
6 posted on
06/24/2012 9:40:08 PM PDT by
zot
To: GreyFriar
To: GreyFriar; SandRat
That’s quite interesting! Thanks!
8 posted on
06/25/2012 6:52:00 PM PDT by
Melian
("Where will wants not, a way opens.")
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