If this were 1997 Donald Trump would have been eligible for a Purple Heart

[JGalt]

I made an interesting observation while parking next to a space reserved only for veterans who won the Purple Heart. As everyone knows, the Purple Heart has the image of our first US President. Except for one thing: George Washington was never wounded in battle.

From 1942 to 1997, civilians were eligible to receive the Purple Heart for being killed or wounded, whether in peacetime or during armed conflicts.

"From 1942 to 1997, non-military personnel serving or closely affiliated with the armed forces (as government employees, Red Cross workers, war correspondents, and the like) were eligible to receive the Purple Heart whether in peacetime or armed conflicts. Among the earliest to receive the award were nine Honolulu Fire Department firefighters killed or wounded in peacetime while fighting fires at Hickam Field during the attack on Pearl Harbor. About 100 men and women received the award, the most famous being newspaperman Ernie Pyle, who was awarded a Purple Heart posthumously by the Army after being killed by Japanese machine gun fire in the Pacific Theater, near the end of World War II. Before his death, Pyle had seen and experienced combat in the European Theater, while accompanying and writing about infantrymen for the folks back home. Those serving in the Merchant Marine are not eligible for the award. During World War II, members of this service who met the Purple Heart criteria received a Merchant Marine Mariner’s Medal instead.

The most recent Purple Hearts presented to non-military personnel occurred after the terrorist attacks at Khobar Towers, Saudi Arabia, in 1996. For their injuries, about 40 U.S. civil service employees received the award.

However, in 1997, at the urging of the Military Order of the Purple Heart, Congress passed legislation prohibiting future awards of the Purple Heart to non-military personnel. Civilian employees of the U.S. Department of Defense who are killed or wounded as a result of hostile action may receive the new Defense of Freedom Medal. This award was created shortly after the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001."

Civilians were once eligible for Purple Heart - Delaware Gazette

 

[1srelluc]

I found an unnamed (cased) Bronze Star at a yard sale the other day....I could EP his name on the back and send it to him.

 

[Mac1958]

Definitely not a cult.

 

[surada]

I made an interesting observation while parking next to a space reserved only for veterans who won the Purple Heart. As everyone knows, the Purple Heart has the image of our first US President. Except for one thing: George Washington was never wounded in battle.

From 1942 to 1997, civilians were eligible to receive the Purple Heart for being killed or wounded, whether in peacetime or during armed conflicts.

"From 1942 to 1997, non-military personnel serving or closely affiliated with the armed forces (as government employees, Red Cross workers, war correspondents, and the like) were eligible to receive the Purple Heart whether in peacetime or armed conflicts. Among the earliest to receive the award were nine Honolulu Fire Department firefighters killed or wounded in peacetime while fighting fires at Hickam Field during the attack on Pearl Harbor. About 100 men and women received the award, the most famous being newspaperman Ernie Pyle, who was awarded a Purple Heart posthumously by the Army after being killed by Japanese machine gun fire in the Pacific Theater, near the end of World War II. Before his death, Pyle had seen and experienced combat in the European Theater, while accompanying and writing about infantrymen for the folks back home. Those serving in the Merchant Marine are not eligible for the award. During World War II, members of this service who met the Purple Heart criteria received a Merchant Marine Mariner’s Medal instead.

The most recent Purple Hearts presented to non-military personnel occurred after the terrorist attacks at Khobar Towers, Saudi Arabia, in 1996. For their injuries, about 40 U.S. civil service employees received the award.

However, in 1997, at the urging of the Military Order of the Purple Heart, Congress passed legislation prohibiting future awards of the Purple Heart to non-military personnel. Civilian employees of the U.S. Department of Defense who are killed or wounded as a result of hostile action may receive the new Defense of Freedom Medal. This award was created shortly after the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001."

Civilians were once eligible for Purple Heart - Delaware Gazette

You think Trump would have qualified for the purple heart in 1997? Wasn't he a game show host back then?

 

[Harpy Eagle]

Definitely not a cult.

They no longer even try to hide it

 

[surada]

They no longer even try to hide it

Didn't Trump sexually assault Amy Dorris at the US Open in 1997.

 

[1srelluc]

Didn't Trump sexually assault Amy Dorris at the US Open in 1997.

Must have been so manly she thought she got "raped" when he walked past.

 

[surada]

Must have been so manly she thought she got "raped" when he walked past.

Trump isn't manly. He wears makeup and has tiny micro-dick.

A Timeline of Donald Trump's Creepiness While He Owned Miss Universe

From walking into a teen dressing room to joking about his obligation to sleep with contestants, Donald Trump is a storied pageant creep.

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A Timeline of Donald Trump’s Creepiness While He Owned Miss Universe
From walking into a teen dressing room to joking about his obligation to sleep with contestants, Trump's a storied pageant creep

By Tessa Stuart

 

[CrusaderFrank]

John Kerry put himself in for another Purple Heart. He received an injury just watching the assassination attempt

 

[1srelluc]

She must have had the vapors.

 

[JLW]

Shouldn't the mods move this thread to political satire.

The only Purple anything that Trump was given was a STD.

You know when he was waging his war against VD in the 80s.

 

[surada]

I made an interesting observation while parking next to a space reserved only for veterans who won the Purple Heart. As everyone knows, the Purple Heart has the image of our first US President. Except for one thing: George Washington was never wounded in battle.

From 1942 to 1997, civilians were eligible to receive the Purple Heart for being killed or wounded, whether in peacetime or during armed conflicts.

"From 1942 to 1997, non-military personnel serving or closely affiliated with the armed forces (as government employees, Red Cross workers, war correspondents, and the like) were eligible to receive the Purple Heart whether in peacetime or armed conflicts. Among the earliest to receive the award were nine Honolulu Fire Department firefighters killed or wounded in peacetime while fighting fires at Hickam Field during the attack on Pearl Harbor. About 100 men and women received the award, the most famous being newspaperman Ernie Pyle, who was awarded a Purple Heart posthumously by the Army after being killed by Japanese machine gun fire in the Pacific Theater, near the end of World War II. Before his death, Pyle had seen and experienced combat in the European Theater, while accompanying and writing about infantrymen for the folks back home. Those serving in the Merchant Marine are not eligible for the award. During World War II, members of this service who met the Purple Heart criteria received a Merchant Marine Mariner’s Medal instead.

The most recent Purple Hearts presented to non-military personnel occurred after the terrorist attacks at Khobar Towers, Saudi Arabia, in 1996. For their injuries, about 40 U.S. civil service employees received the award.

However, in 1997, at the urging of the Military Order of the Purple Heart, Congress passed legislation prohibiting future awards of the Purple Heart to non-military personnel. Civilian employees of the U.S. Department of Defense who are killed or wounded as a result of hostile action may receive the new Defense of Freedom Medal. This award was created shortly after the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001."

Civilians were once eligible for Purple Heart - Delaware Gazette

Ex-GOP Strategist Reveals Why Trump Has 'Spleen And Hatred' For Military

Rick Wilson, a co-founder of the anti-Trump Lincoln Project, said the former president has an "endless pattern" of "utter contempt" toward the armed forces.

www.huffpost.com

He later added, “There is an endless pattern of Trump’s hideous degree of just spleen and hatred for them, because he thinks they are desperate to be in the military because of their socioeconomic circumstances. He thinks it’s like a welfare program that they should be ashamed of.”

Wilson described Trump’s relationship to the military as one “where he thinks that his bluster makes him a leader,” noting that he once joked about wanting to receive the Purple Heart back in 2016.

 

[Plagerist]

Trump isn't manly. He wears makeup and has tiny micro-dick.

Dude, Why are you interested in Trump's junk?

 

[JGalt]

Dude, Why are you interested in Trump's junk?

Maybe he wants to put Trump's junk in his trunk.

 

[Plagerist]

Maybe he wants to put Trump's junk in his trunk.

 

[Edgetho]

If it were 2009,he would win the Nobel Prize for Peace. Remember when they gave it to the Bastard Son Of Frank Marshall Davis for -- Nobody knows why.

That sure made people think more highly of the Nobel. Yep, sho 'nuff, Rastus

 

[forkup]

I made an interesting observation while parking next to a space reserved only for veterans who won the Purple Heart. As everyone knows, the Purple Heart has the image of our first US President. Except for one thing: George Washington was never wounded in battle.

From 1942 to 1997, civilians were eligible to receive the Purple Heart for being killed or wounded, whether in peacetime or during armed conflicts.

"From 1942 to 1997, non-military personnel serving or closely affiliated with the armed forces (as government employees, Red Cross workers, war correspondents, and the like) were eligible to receive the Purple Heart whether in peacetime or armed conflicts. Among the earliest to receive the award were nine Honolulu Fire Department firefighters killed or wounded in peacetime while fighting fires at Hickam Field during the attack on Pearl Harbor. About 100 men and women received the award, the most famous being newspaperman Ernie Pyle, who was awarded a Purple Heart posthumously by the Army after being killed by Japanese machine gun fire in the Pacific Theater, near the end of World War II. Before his death, Pyle had seen and experienced combat in the European Theater, while accompanying and writing about infantrymen for the folks back home. Those serving in the Merchant Marine are not eligible for the award. During World War II, members of this service who met the Purple Heart criteria received a Merchant Marine Mariner’s Medal instead.

The most recent Purple Hearts presented to non-military personnel occurred after the terrorist attacks at Khobar Towers, Saudi Arabia, in 1996. For their injuries, about 40 U.S. civil service employees received the award.

However, in 1997, at the urging of the Military Order of the Purple Heart, Congress passed legislation prohibiting future awards of the Purple Heart to non-military personnel. Civilian employees of the U.S. Department of Defense who are killed or wounded as a result of hostile action may receive the new Defense of Freedom Medal. This award was created shortly after the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001."

Civilians were once eligible for Purple Heart - Delaware Gazette

I love to play these "what if" games. So your premise is that Trump would be eligible for a purple heart on previous rules. Well there's a pretty serious problem with that contention.

From 1942 to 1997, non-military personnel serving or closely affiliated with the armed forces (as government employees, Red Cross workers, war correspondents, and the like) were eligible to receive the Purple Heart whether in peacetime or armed conflicts.

What do you imagine his close affiliation with the armed forces is?

The closest argument you can make is that he was the commander in chief 4 years ago. Guess what, he isn't anymore. It would be like saying a retired gunnery sergeant is allowed a purple heart because he got shot during a robbery.

 

[Independent thinker]

I made an interesting observation while parking next to a space reserved only for veterans who won the Purple Heart. As everyone knows, the Purple Heart has the image of our first US President. Except for one thing: George Washington was never wounded in battle.

From 1942 to 1997, civilians were eligible to receive the Purple Heart for being killed or wounded, whether in peacetime or during armed conflicts.

"From 1942 to 1997, non-military personnel serving or closely affiliated with the armed forces (as government employees, Red Cross workers, war correspondents, and the like) were eligible to receive the Purple Heart whether in peacetime or armed conflicts. Among the earliest to receive the award were nine Honolulu Fire Department firefighters killed or wounded in peacetime while fighting fires at Hickam Field during the attack on Pearl Harbor. About 100 men and women received the award, the most famous being newspaperman Ernie Pyle, who was awarded a Purple Heart posthumously by the Army after being killed by Japanese machine gun fire in the Pacific Theater, near the end of World War II. Before his death, Pyle had seen and experienced combat in the European Theater, while accompanying and writing about infantrymen for the folks back home. Those serving in the Merchant Marine are not eligible for the award. During World War II, members of this service who met the Purple Heart criteria received a Merchant Marine Mariner’s Medal instead.

The most recent Purple Hearts presented to non-military personnel occurred after the terrorist attacks at Khobar Towers, Saudi Arabia, in 1996. For their injuries, about 40 U.S. civil service employees received the award.

However, in 1997, at the urging of the Military Order of the Purple Heart, Congress passed legislation prohibiting future awards of the Purple Heart to non-military personnel. Civilian employees of the U.S. Department of Defense who are killed or wounded as a result of hostile action may receive the new Defense of Freedom Medal. This award was created shortly after the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001."

Civilians were once eligible for Purple Heart - Delaware Gazette

Now that would be funny. Give Trump the purple heart and eventually bury his family at Arlington, which I believe he already has the right for that. The left could stew over that for all eternity.

 

[berg80]

Didn't Trump sexually assault Amy Dorris at the US Open in 1997.

Would he qualify if his stubby mushroom dick got hurt trying to rape a woman?

 

[bendog]

I made an interesting observation while parking next to a space reserved only for veterans who won the Purple Heart. As everyone knows, the Purple Heart has the image of our first US President. Except for one thing: George Washington was never wounded in battle.

From 1942 to 1997, civilians were eligible to receive the Purple Heart for being killed or wounded, whether in peacetime or during armed conflicts.

"From 1942 to 1997, non-military personnel serving or closely affiliated with the armed forces (as government employees, Red Cross workers, war correspondents, and the like) were eligible to receive the Purple Heart whether in peacetime or armed conflicts. Among the earliest to receive the award were nine Honolulu Fire Department firefighters killed or wounded in peacetime while fighting fires at Hickam Field during the attack on Pearl Harbor. About 100 men and women received the award, the most famous being newspaperman Ernie Pyle, who was awarded a Purple Heart posthumously by the Army after being killed by Japanese machine gun fire in the Pacific Theater, near the end of World War II. Before his death, Pyle had seen and experienced combat in the European Theater, while accompanying and writing about infantrymen for the folks back home. Those serving in the Merchant Marine are not eligible for the award. During World War II, members of this service who met the Purple Heart criteria received a Merchant Marine Mariner’s Medal instead.

The most recent Purple Hearts presented to non-military personnel occurred after the terrorist attacks at Khobar Towers, Saudi Arabia, in 1996. For their injuries, about 40 U.S. civil service employees received the award.

However, in 1997, at the urging of the Military Order of the Purple Heart, Congress passed legislation prohibiting future awards of the Purple Heart to non-military personnel. Civilian employees of the U.S. Department of Defense who are killed or wounded as a result of hostile action may receive the new Defense of Freedom Medal. This award was created shortly after the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001."

Civilians were once eligible for Purple Heart - Delaware Gazette

That's weird. (-: I don't recall Ford or Reagan getting medals after assassination attempts.