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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.
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.
He was decorated for gallantry with the Badge of Military Merit which later became the Purple Heart.
Maj. Michael B. Weir, USMC earned a Purple Heart at the Chosin Reservoir in Korea.
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The decoration soldiers receive for a combat injury is the Purple Heart
Sergeant Alvin York did NOT receive a Purple Heart Medal for service in WWI because the medal did not exist at that time. It wasn't resurrected until the early 1930's.
Three men received the first Purple Hearts, presented to them on May 9, 1783. The men were all from Connecticut. These were Daniel Bissell, Elijah Churchill, and Daniel Brown.