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A united states air force general who was awarded the medal of honor for leading the attack on the ploesti oil fields during world war ii. The decoration is a purple heart shaped badge with bronze edges.
The purple heart medal is awarded to any member of the armed forces of the united states or any civilian national of the united states who while serving under competent authority in any capacity with one of the u s.
World war 2 purple heart recipients. An oak leaf cluster is added when a previously wounded person already has a purple heart. The decoration is a purple heart shaped badge with bronze edges. It depicts in relief a bust of george washington wearing the uniform of a general in the continental army.
On the reverse side is the inscription. For military merit with the recipient s name below. It is estimated that for world war ii 1 076 245 purple hearts were awarded.
In 1918 general john j. Blackjack pershing proposed the need for a badge of military merit and it wasn t until 1932 that the purple heart was created. The first purple hearts were awarded on may 28 1932 to 138 world war i veterans at temple hill in new windsor new york which was the final encampment of the continental army during the winter of 1782 to 1783.
The purple heart medal is awarded to any member of the armed forces of the united states or any civilian national of the united states who while serving under competent authority in any capacity with one of the u s. Armed forces after april 5 1917 has been wounded killed or who has died or may hereafter die of wounds received under any of the following circumstances. This list of purple heart honorees contains military heroes like andrew goodpaster and richard j.
Buck covering purple heart medal soldiers from a variety of conflicts covering purple heart recipients in ww2 as well as korean war vietnam recipients. Vietnam and many more wars also saw injured or deceased soldiers earning the military honor. The purple heart is a united states military decoration awarded in the name of the president to those wounded or killed while serving on or after april 5 1917 with the u s.
Military with its forerunner the badge of military merit which took the form of a heart made of purple cloth the purple heart is the oldest military award still given to u s. Military members the only earlier. Us navy 050213 n 3019m 005 active duty and retired purple heart recipients march onto the field prior to the kickoff of the 2005 nfl pro bowl held in honolulu hawaii jpg 2 100 1 500.
2 29 mb us navy 050213 n 9076b 043 commander u s. Thomas fargo shakes the hand of a purple heart recipient prior to the kickoff of the. World war ii was a global military conflict it is also called second world war it was the joining of what started off as two separate conflicts.
The first began in asia as the second sino japanese war the other began in europe in 1939 with the german invasion of poland. This global conflict split the majority of the world s nations into two opposing military alliances. A purple heart registry listing purple heart recipients from the civil war to present day.
A united states air force general who was awarded the medal of honor for leading the attack on the ploesti oil fields during world war ii. Following the raid on ploesti one of the war s costliest aerial encounters for all concerned johnson was awarded the medal of honor.