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For Military Merit: Recipients of the Purple Heart

By Fred L Borch

Book information

Publisher
Naval Institute Press
Year
2010
ISBN
9781612514093, 2010009804
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
4 MB (4331810 bytes)
Pages
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Time added
2023-01-10 19:56:31
History; Military; Nonfiction; HIS027000

Description

More than one million men and women have received the Purple Heart since its creation as an award "for military merit" in 1932. This book provides a brief history of the Purple Heart, with a focus on how the decoration's award criteria have evolved over the last 75 years. The book then takes a representative look at Purple Heart recipients from all the services by conflict, starting with the Civil War and concluding with the on-going conflicts in Afghanistan and Iraq.

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