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- noun Plural form of
Purple Heart .
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Examples
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I agree that calling the Purple Hearts into question was foolish and arguably uncalled for.
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“I agree that calling the Purple Hearts into question was foolish and arguably uncalled for.”
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Long's parents are fighting for formal recognition, namely Purple Hearts, for their son and his wounded comrade, Pvt. Quinton Ezeagwula.
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Long's parents are fighting for formal recognition, namely Purple Hearts, for their son and his wounded comrade, Pvt. Quinton Ezeagwula.
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Because of a wound by a ricochet bullet early in his career and a more recent shrapnel wound from an enemy grenade during a firefight, Kap now has three Purple Hearts.
Despite the loss of a leg, Army Ranger is back in the fight 2011
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Hailing from a poor Catholic neighborhood in Buffalo, N.Y., Donovan 1883-1959 won early renown as the most-decorated officer of World War I, earning the Distinguished Service Cross, the Distinguished Service Medal with two oak-leaf clusters, two Purple Hearts and the Congressional Medal of Honor.
The Spymaster's Spymaster Andrew Roberts 2011
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Because of a wound by a ricochet bullet early in his career and a more recent shrapnel wound from an enemy grenade during a firefight, Kap now has three Purple Hearts.
Despite the loss of a leg, Army Ranger is back in the fight 2011
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Among them, they had a Navy Cross, four Silver Stars, 26 Bronze Stars for valor and four Purple Hearts.
Hunting With SEALs Karl Rove 2011
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Because of a wound by a ricochet bullet early in his career and a more recent shrapnel wound from an enemy grenade during a firefight, Kap now has three Purple Hearts.
Despite the loss of a leg, Army Ranger is back in the fight 2011
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Because of a wound by a ricochet bullet early in his career and a more recent shrapnel wound from an enemy grenade during a firefight, Kap now has three Purple Hearts.
Despite the loss of a leg, Army Ranger is back in the fight 2011
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