Subject: Lot of noise being made about Purple Hearts
From: Ed Rasimus
Date: 8/16/2004 8:46 AM Pacific Standard Time
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On Sun, 15 Aug 2004 15:55:42 -0700, "la n."
wrote:


"Ed Rasimus" wrote in message
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Let me try again. It takes no great competence to get wounded.
Certainly you can be very competent and still get wounded, but it
doesn't take skill or talent or even courage to take a hit. It is,
essentially a mission failure. Sometimes it is unavoidable, but a lot
of times it isn't. Getting hit a lot of times isn't a measure of
competence either--when it occurs regularly, it begins to indicate a
failure to properly judge the situation or maybe an excessive
flamboyence.


So, what is the point in even getting a PH then??!!


Ahhh, a communication breakthrough! There is no point at all in
getting a Purple Heart. No point at all. The nation recognizes the
sacrifice, but there's no glory in it and no point at all.



There's a lot of glory in invading the enemy and standing up to his fire.
Separates soldiers from wannabees and desk jockeys from men who have seen
combat. You remember combat. It is what war is all about.


Arthur Kramer
344th BG 494th BS
England, France, Belgium, Holland, Germany
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