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Korean War Ribbons and Medals - US Army
13. Purple Heart
Upon its revival in 1932, as the Purple Heart, the new decoration was to be
awarded in two categories:
1. "For being wounded in action in any war or campaign
under conditions which entitle the wearing of a wound chevron."
2. "For those persons who perform any singularly meritorious act
of extraordinary fidelity or essential service."
In 1942, President Franklin D. Roosevelt issued an Executive Order which
provided that the Purple Heart would be made available to members of all the US
Armed Services who were wounded in action. Since then the Purple Heart has
become one of the most highly respected decorations of the US Armed Forces. The
decoration holds a very unique position in that it can be earned in only one
way, by being wounded. An attendant requirement is that the wound must have
been received as a direct result of enemy
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