How to Use Purple Heart in a Sentence
Purple Heart
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He was wounded twice, and he was awarded the Bronze Star and Purple Heart.
—Terry Demio, The Enquirer, 30 Mar. 2022
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The awards include the Bronze Star, Purple Heart, among others.
—Courtney Kube, NBC News, 19 June 2023
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Totten-Perry pulled it out, opened it and saw a Purple Heart.
—Thallman, oregonlive, 24 June 2023
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Biggs had served eight years in the Army and received a Purple Heart for traumatic brain injury in Iraq.
—Bart Jansen, USA TODAY, 31 Aug. 2023
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Corwyn Collier in his Army uniform with his Purple Heart in 2021.
—Men's Health, 14 Dec. 2022
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He was wounded, earning a Purple Heart as well as a Silver Star for valor.
—Trip Gabriel, New York Times, 5 Dec. 2023
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Harris for his service to our country and the sacrifice that led to his deserved awarding of the Purple Heart.
—Reese Gorman, Washington Examiner, 20 July 2023
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Vestiges of his life float over a self-portrait: a Purple Heart hanging off a prosthetic hand, a painkiller pill, a Ford Mustang.
—Michael S. Rosenwald, BostonGlobe.com, 18 Feb. 2023
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The Quincy native had been married for just six months, and was posthumously awarded a Purple Heart.
—Ben Volin, BostonGlobe.com, 9 Sep. 2023
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He was awarded a Silver Star and a Purple Heart, among his many decorations.
—Brian Murphy, BostonGlobe.com, 8 Apr. 2023
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He was awarded a Bronze Star with an oak leaf cluster and a Purple Heart with two clusters for his actions during those campaigns.
—John Wilkens, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Nov. 2022
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As a result of that incident, the Purple Heart recipient lost both legs below the knees.
—Jeff Fedotin, Forbes, 1 Mar. 2024
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Neither he nor Aarons was seriously hurt in the attack, but Aarons did receive a Purple Heart for a forehead wound.
—Lesley M.m. Blume, Town & Country, 28 May 2021
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He has been given the department’s Medal of Honor and Purple Heart awards posthumously.
—Ed Stannard, Hartford Courant, 17 June 2024
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Discharge records did not mention his debilitating injuries, and the Army would not award him a Purple Heart.
—Brennon Dixson, Los Angeles Times, 11 Nov. 2023
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Under enemy fire, Mr. Howard was wounded and received the Purple Heart.
—Frederick N. Rasmussen, Baltimore Sun, 7 Feb. 2024
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The Pentagon further clarified the rules, noting there are two key conditions which both must be met for the Purple Heart to be awarded.
—Isabel Yip, CNN, 17 June 2023
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He was injured by shrapnel in one Japanese kamikaze attack and awarded a Purple Heart.
—U-T Staff, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Dec. 2023
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He was posthumously awarded the department’s two highest honors, a Medal of Honor and a Purple Heart.
—Michael Goldberg, Twin Cities, 11 June 2024
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Jerry Harris was wounded in battle over 50 years ago but never received a Purple Heart.
—Reese Gorman, Washington Examiner, 20 July 2023
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Osborne was awarded the distinguished Purple Heart for wounds sustained in combat.
—Garret K. Woodward, Rolling Stone, 29 June 2023
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Jose Jimenez served for nearly eight years and is decorated with honors including a Purple Heart.
—Olivia Lloyd, Sun Sentinel, 21 July 2022
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Earning a Purple Heart is usually a source of great pride, a testament to surviving an injury in combat.
—Michael Wilson, New York Times, 30 Apr. 2023
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But things take a complicated turn when Luke gets seriously injured (hence that Purple Heart).
—Jessica Leon, EW.com, 3 Aug. 2022
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The attendees of this week's trip include a 101-year-old veteran, three recipients of the Purple Heart, including one who also received a Bronze Star and four women.
—Nicole Fallert, USA TODAY, 19 June 2024
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That quick-footed, old-eyed gentleman with the wife in a lynx coat, grabbing a cab on Sixth Avenue to go uptown after a gala, leaves behind an old Purple Heart soldier with his broken leg in a cast who may sleep on a grate tonight in the icy cold.
—Andrew Cockburn, Harper’s Magazine , 5 Jan. 2023
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Army records indicate only two of the 31 received Purple Heart medals, which are awarded to service members wounded or killed during action against an enemy.
—CBS News, 11 May 2024
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His sacrifices later earned him multiple Purple Heart medals.
—Joelle Goldstein, PEOPLE.com, 4 Oct. 2021
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Gunn was posthumously awarded the Purple Heart and honored with a presidential citation.
—Sara Pezzoni, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 22 June 2024
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The initiative, dubbed Operation Purple Heart, was launched in November 2021.
—Kate Armanini, Chicago Tribune, 23 May 2024
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