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does everyone who is injured in the military receive the purple heart?
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does everyone who is injured in the military receive the purple heart?

or is it just certain people.







Joe C
no only those injured in combat will get the purple heart.


eldertrouble
No. The Purple Heart is only issued to military members who's injuries (Or Death) were the direct result of armed actions against an enemy.


KIZIAH
My brother was in Viet Nam and was hit with a piece of schrapnel for which he received a purple heart. He wouldn't wear it. He said that it didn't matter whether you were asleep in your bunk and a piece of glass from a broken window fell on your arm, or you got your arm blown off by a mortar round, or you were killed, you still got the same medal. So he said he didn't wear it out of respect for the men who really earned it.


John T
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No, only those treated by medical personnell as a result of an active engagement with the enemy. ((Read the long post below and if you understand it, you'll realize this is the abridged version of the same thing.))


ctm90
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well apparently anyone in the military can get one if the get scratched because John Kerry got 3 for very minor wounds


Sweetpea
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I don't think you get a purple heart if you slip in the commissary and break a hip. I think it has to be mission critical.


rightwing65
Hell, John Kerry didn't even get injured and he got a purple heart.


vbplr_12
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You only receive a purple heart if you're wounded by enemy action.


Chris B
No, only if it's received in combat or combat related situations.







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