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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.
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
The Military Order of the Purple Heart (MOPH) is a congressionally chartered (Title 36 USC Chapter 1405) United States war veterans organization. Headquartered just outside Washington, D.C., it has a membership of approximately 45,300 veterans.
Wright, a Purple Heart recipient and a retired U.S. Army Staff Sergeant, received in-patient treatment in 2013 for post-traumatic stress disorder and anxiety.
The organization was established in 1957 as the "Military Order of the Purple Heart Service Foundation" and is governed by an 11-member board of directors. [ 4 ] [ 5 ] The foundation's programs focus on providing grants and outreach services to wounded veterans and their families, and the foundation has granted or otherwise contributed over ...
Tom Barr, a 76-year-old Vietnam veteran who received a Purple Heart and served as Eliot, Maine’s police chief, smiles with his dog, Rusty, in front of his cozy trailer with a pellet stove.
Only veterans who are eligible for VA medical benefits will receive the card. [1] Starting on Jan. 1, 2020, the Purple Heart and Disabled Veterans Equal Access Act allows Purple Heart recipients, former prisoners of war and veterans with service-connected disabilities entry onto military installations to use the AAFES Exchange; commissary and ...
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]