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1. A Purple Heart is a nontransferable honor. The medal is just a memento of that honor.

Thu Aug 4, 2016, 12:07 AM

Aug 2016

The medal itself does not bestow the honor. Someone awarded a Purple Heart does not lose the honor if he loses the medal or gives the medal away.

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It's on a mantle in his family room Freddie Aug 2016 #3

I simply don't understand why he gave it to him. Ilsa Aug 2016 #4

my dad had 2 hearts and a bronze star. only 21 when he got em. Gabi Hayes Aug 2016 #5

I asked my Uncle for his old bars after he made Captain. Marcuse Aug 2016 #6

I could give Trump a copy of my college diploma Buckeye_Democrat Aug 2016 #7