thanks. It's a minor side issue but I'd just as soon run it down eventually... out of curiosity if nothing else.
On Mon, 8 Nov 2004 20:34:16 -0500, Jim Davis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Actually the requirements for the Purple Heart have changed dramatically > since its inception. Also different branches of the service have awarded it > differently at different times. There's also been several directives that > offer the medal in arrears. > > It's actually a really complicated path to follow. > > Here's a nice history: > > http://www.army.mil/cmh-pg/reference/PurHrt.htm > > The baseline requirement is "A wound which necessitates treatment by a > medical officer and which is received in action with an enemy, may, in the > judgment of the commander authorized to make the award, be construed as > resulting from a singularly meritorious act of essential service." > > But it seems like there's a lot of leeway that the commanding officer can > take with that. > > Jim Davis > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: dana tierney [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, November 08, 2004 6:24 PM > To: CF-Community > Subject: sam - getting back to purple hearts > > I am only in here for a minute... but I got back to the bookstore > owner who has a Purple Heart over the weekend. He says *he* got a > *his* for a torn cartilage in his knee he got while in Vietnam. The > only requirement, he says, is that you be in a combat zone. The injury > does not have to be caused by enemy fire. > > So perhaps it is your source that is mistaken. > fwiw > Dana > -- > Diebold: It's a better way to deliver a state > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Special thanks to the CF Community Suite Gold Sponsor - CFHosting.net http://www.cfhosting.net Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:134862 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
