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Originally posted by The1calledTKE
He should get to keep it. He was still in a combat zone. They were invading iraq. He was a war casuality even if it was a accident, because being run over by a tank is no small thing.
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I hate to say it but I have to side with the US military on this one:
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The PURPLE HEART is awarded to members of the armed forces of the U.S. who are wounded by an instrument of war in the hands of the enemy and posthumously to the next of kin in the name of those who are killed in action or die of wounds received in action. It is specifically a combat decoration.
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So there are no Purple Hearts given for friendly-fire, nor by accident - but it is given solely as a result of hostile action...