The Purple Heart is awarded to military members who are injured and killed in combat, through an act of terrorism or by friendly fire. It acknowledges the physical sacrifice of service to the nation.

I’d say that the two most well-known facts about World War II are 1) that it happened; and 2) that it’s over. Of course, in the middle of it, exactly when the second part would occur wasn’t clear. Eve ...

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The Purple Heart, the military’s oldest award, is given to those wounded or posthumously to those killed. Ford presented the ...