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The Purple Heart award is a 1 + 3 ⁄ 8-inch-wide (35 mm) purple- and gold-colored heart-shaped brass-alloy medal containing a profile of General George Washington. Above the heart appears a shield of the coat of arms of George Washington (a white shield with two red bars and three red stars in chief) between sprays of green leaves.
The Military Order of the Purple Heart Auxiliary (MOPHA) is a sister organization of the MOPH. Its members include parents, spouses, children, widowed stepchildren, grandchildren and legally adopted children, lineal descendants of Purple Heart recipients, who may or may not be MOPH members themselves.
The Navy provided Judicial Watch [78] with a biographical data sheet on Kerry, two citations and one certificate for the Silver Star medal, two citations and one certificate for the Bronze Star medal, and three sets of orders and certificates for the Purple Heart. The Navy was required to withhold an additional 31 pages of personnel records ...
In 1932, the United States War Department authorized the new Purple Heart Medal for soldiers who had previously received either a Wound Chevron or the Army Wound Ribbon. At that time, it was also determined that the Purple Heart Medal would be considered the official "successor decoration" to the Badge of Military Merit. [13]
The Purple Heart Monument is installed at the Texas State Cemetery in Austin, Texas. Commemorating Texans who were wounded during active duty, the monument was dedicated by Lieutenant Governor David Dewhurst on September 20, 2003. [1] It was donated to the people of Texas by the Military Order of the Purple Heart. [2]
Purple Heart 💜 . This doesn’t mean, like, the medal that someone’ receives for their service. (Though if you’re texting a grandparent, it definitely could be.) In today’s culture, the ...
The families of five Hawaii men who served in a unit of Japanese-language linguists during World War II received posthumous Purple Heart medals on behalf of their loved ones on Friday, nearly ...
Purple Heart recipients Recipients of the Purple Heart on or after September 11, 2001, are entitled to Post-9/11 GI Benefits (100% up to 36 months). Reserve component benefits National Guard and Reserve members who perform service under 10 U.S.C. 12304a or 12304b are entitled to benefits. Reserve duty that counts toward post-9/11 eligibility