The Purple Heart ( PH ) is a United States military decoration awarded in the name of the president to those wounded or killed while serving, on or after 5 April 1917, with the U.S. military. With its forerunner, the Badge of Military Merit, which took the form of a heart made of purple cl...
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about military effectiveness." That same year, then-Defense Secretary Leon Panetta and the... " Hegar received the Purple Heart and the Distinguished Flying Cross with a Valor Device for...
The Military Order of the Purple Heart (MOPH) is a congressionally chartered (Title 36 USC Chapter 1405) United States war veterans organization. Headquartered just outside Washington, D.C., it has a membership of approximately 45,300 veterans. It is unique in that its members are exclusiv...
The Purple Heart is awarded to most injured or killed U.S. troops.
In 1782, George Washington created the Badge of Military Merit to recognize heroic acts by his troops; the badge, and its purpose, evolved into what we now know as the Purple Heart.,
General George Washington, the commander in chief of the Continental Army, creates the “Badge for Military Merit,” later known as the Purple Heart.
What most Americans do not realize, how- ever, is that the Purple Heart is a unique military award. It is the oldest U.S. military decoration; Gen. George Washington awarded the first...
Roosevelt in December 1942 authorized award of the Purple Heart to personnel from all of the military services (retroactive to December 7, 1941), the medal was exclusively an Army award....
The Postal Service issued a new stamp Thursday honoring the country's oldest military decoration, the Purple Heart.