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To: stockman_scott who wrote (9102)	11/6/2001 6:11:14 AM
From: unclewest	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

Stockman, some (most) of these reporters do not understand exactly what wounds and purple hearts are all about. wounds can be enemy inflicted by gunshot, or mortar, artillery, grenade, bomb, or mine shrapnel...all of these get the wounded soldier a purple heart. wounds can also be situation inflicted...a paratrooper making a combat jump who gets a sprained ankle is entitled to a purple heart. a soldier who breaks his arm diving into his foxhole during a firefight gets a purple heart. a cut requiring medical attention during a combat operation will probably result in a purple heart. presently all American POWs are automatically awarded the purple heart...it is assumed that they suffered in captivity. the purple heart is awarded for combat wounds...but not necessarily enemy inflicted combat wounds. saying that 12 rangers were wounded on the jump and during the operation does not mean that 12 rangers were shot in a firefight. i got my purple heart for taking shrapnel from a chicom grenade. the nva soldier who threw that grenade was wounded by about 18 .223 rounds. we used to call the PH the north vietnamese marksmanship badge. unclewest