[BluH2o]

A half hour has passed and no one has flammed me ...
It would appear the new relaxed standard, or critera, for awarding the Purple Heart baffles others
as well ...
Any hard chargers out there who were awarded the Purple Heart by tougher standards (example; Bob Dole) care to respond?

[buzzcat]

I have not looked up the specific reg., but I think that when a serviceman is injured in any way (sheds blood, broken hand, etc...) in an engagement with the enemy, he/she is awarded the Purple Heart.