Purple Heart

On my Father's 80th birthday, we surprised him with the Purple Heart that he never received after being wounded in action on Iwo Jima, Feb 25, 1945. I am waiting for morep rofessional footage to replace this.

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[candlepeace]

i wish i can kiss your father's hand and tell him thank you

[borgasm22]

@candlepeace Thank you Candlepeace. He's still kicking, now at 84. Even though dementia is setting in, he still is enjoying life and has kept his sense of humor. I noticed you have some Scottish Bagpipe posts - My father loves that music, when he listens to it he says it makes him feel ready for battle!

[93jmgp]

Sir, that was one heck of a gift.

Hope your dad is still doing well, I bet he thought he would never see another sunrise, let alone 80 when he disembarked off that lc.

Iwo was the end of the road for alot of good men.

Thanks for posting this.

[borgasm22]

Thank you 93. He is still kicking and a few weeks from seeing 83. My mother passed away on Tuesday. She was French. My father met her in Nice after the war. She died on Bastille Day.

[richintalent]

Does anyone know how to get a Purple Heart medal and ribbon for a display at a veterans' hospital? I am working on creating a museum display of uniforms, insignia, and medals from WW 1 to the present. So far I've been able to purchase most everything I need on eBay, except for a Purple Heart.

[borgasm22]

I can't imagine anyone would want to part with one. But you might check your local recruiter offices for the various armed forces. They're always looking for opportunities.

[totoynani143]

@1Dougy85 Purple heart cant just be given away as easy as you tell the story. First you have to have your chain of command to validate the 'injury in combat' through personnel('witness) with the said 'recipient' then the witness has to make a written oath of the event, it has to be a combat injury, then they submit it, if its granted then they put it in your DD214 which shows all your Medal,time in service etc. i should know this bcz i earned one that took a year later cz i got out of the Army.

[candlepeace]

@borgasm22 please do me a favor and tell him there is a man who is far away on the other part of the world, is sending you his warmest greetings and telling you thank you in the name of humanity, and i will never forget him, and the children of my children will never forget him, if i know where he is, i would love to send him, a happy wishing post car from the post office tomorrow, i really mean it

[1Dougy85]

@Videowatcher76 Actually Purple Hearts were given away in WW2, at least in Europe. Why I'm not sure, too many of them perhaps, guess they were treated lightly and as easy to get as a campaign medal. There is a story of a Canadian soldier who had a tooth ache and happened to track down an American army dentist. The dentist told him that he had many Purple Hearts to give out and it did not matter to him that he was a Canadian soldier. The Canadian accepted it.

[opethspd]

Your father is a true hero to this country. Good to see him recognized for his heroic effort. These men changed the world...

[mohaven]

@rlrzrr

What do you mean by that? Are you being a smart ass? Come on man.. Idiot.

US Army vet

[rlrzrr]

1jaar

American smarties

[jeffbrister2004]

exactly. I totally agree! Thank you for serving our country! Also you're talking to a fellow service member. US navy for 6 years.

[Videowatcher76]

@thersitica2 , Really I thought the most common was the National Defense ribbon that everyone gets for serving , or the good conduct medal for serving 3 yrs and not getting into trouble .