National Purple Heart Day

Today is Purple Heart Day, commemorating the day on which George Washington created this medal. He did it in 1782 and only awarded it to 3 soldiers in the Revolutionary War, all personally by him.

My father and uncle served honorably in World War 2 although I, like Donald Trump, had a medical deferment, in my case because of asthma that often put me in a hospital. Donald Trump claimed heel spurs.

The service of my father and uncle in World War 2 make it so disgusting to me that anyone would say, as Trump did, "I always wanted to get the Purple Heart. This [having a veteran hand it to him] was much easier."

No sane person wants to get the Purple Heart because it is only given to a U.S. serviceman or women who has been wounded or killed. It is a solemn award, not to be treated as a joke.