Do mental wounds qualify for a Purple Heart?
With more troops coming home with mental problems, some feel the Purple Heart should be awarded. Others feel that it should be restricted to physical wounds. {Wall Street Journal]
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Personally, I think the comment by Bohdan Szejner, Rome,Italy, is the best answer one could have, as it fits the question quite well.
Posted by: Gwen VanBrocklyn | June 10, 2008 at 08:33 PM
It depends whether there is a direct correlation between mental disease and the battlefield action. Some people get ill fighting the Nation's enemy. Others get ill to avoid the fight!
Posted by: Bohdan Szejner, Rome, Italy | May 15, 2008 at 07:22 PM