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Letter to the Editor: No Purple Heart for a Wounded Vietnam Veteran

Letter to the Editor: No Purple Heart for a Wounded Vietnam Veteran

by Christian Southards | Aug 10, 2023

Good morning, Christian I am a member of Post 0291 Newport. I want to ask you a question on the criteria of a Purple Heart. Today if a Soldier gets hurt by an IED he is awarded a Purple Heart; yet I was blown out of my truck in Vietnam after hitting a land mine and...

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