Ben Franklin, people who were honorable discharged.
You have to be recommended for a Purple Heart. Being wounded in Iraq does not automatically qualify you to receive a Purple Heart.
NO. George Washington created the Purple Heart.
Jackie Robinson Jr. did not receive the Purple Heart. The Purple Heart is awarded to members of the United States Armed Forces who are injured or killed in combat.
No - great man though he was, Lincoln never served in the military, and thusly was never eligible for a Purple Heart.
Yes the purple heart awards you points for testing.
Any soldier who is wounded, either in combat or by terrorist action, may receive the Purple Heart. There are no limits as to the number you may receive--if you go out on 300 patrols, and get shot on every one of them, you can receive 300 Purple Hearts.
This is not a comprehensive list, but he received the Silver Star Medal for the attack on the artillery battery at Carentan on Normandy. And he received a Purple Heart Medal.
He was decorated for gallantry with the Badge of Military Merit which later became the Purple Heart.
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A cluster represents multiple awards of that medal.
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Congress OKs any awards like that