Purple Heart

Example Sentences

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Army combat veteran and a Purple Heart recipient.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 28, 2026

After a grenade almost killed him in Normandy, he earned a Purple Heart and then sang in the jazz clubs of Paris.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 5, 2026

He entered the Army’s 101st Airborne Division and earned a Purple Heart as one of the paratroopers who, at age 20, dropped into German-occupied France on D-Day, June 6, 1944.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 18, 2025

A company called Purple Heart reportedly acted an an intermediary in the transfer.

From Barron's • Nov. 24, 2025

While Allen was recovering in the field hospital, his platoon leader came in to award him a Purple Heart.

From "Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam" by Elizabeth Partridge