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Old 02-14-2013, 07:49 AM
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I don't really see where it devalues the ones who were in the field of battle. It isn't the same decoration. As long as they don't treat it like an automatic award, if you really did something worthy of recognition, I don't see the harm in it. This coming from someone with a similar background, my dad was a Korean War Marine vet with a Purple Heart w/Silver Star and a fairly good size cigar box full of medals (to be honest I think a lot of them were automatic awards just for being over there, unit citations, NATO awards, and the like). Got shrap once and shot once.
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