Came across my grandpa’s Purple Heart from WWII today

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Drake0074 on May 15th, 2020 at 05:31 UTC »

Do you know where he earned it? My grandpa earned his on the USS Tennessee off Okinawa. Kamikazi struck the ship.

lqdizzle on May 15th, 2020 at 06:08 UTC »

My grandfather refused his Purple Heart in world war 2 because even though he was a fighter pilot who saw action he got hurt driving a Jeep on base and thought that would be cheating. Those guys, am I right?

Hans_H0rst on May 15th, 2020 at 06:42 UTC »

I got one from my great grandpa, and the way i know my family there’s two possibilities:

He got stabbed tearing 2 enemies hearts out by hand He broke his ankle near base on the second day