| 单词 | purple heart award |
| 释义 | > as lemmasPurple Heart Award 2. U.S. In form Purple Heart. A decoration awarded for military service: originally, in the revolutionary war, a decoration awarded for meritorious action in general (now historical); in recent use, a decoration awarded to a member of the armed services wounded in action. Also more fully Purple Heart Award.A decoration consisting of a heart-shaped piece of purple cloth (known as the ‘Badge of Military Merit’) was instituted by George Washington in 1782, but later fell into disuse. The present bronze enamelled medal was instituted in 1932. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military organization > insignia > [noun] > decorations or orders Order of St Michael1530 Legion of Honour1802 clasp1813 Iron Cross1813 medal1813 star1844 Victoria Cross1856 V.C.1859 Medal of Honour1861 bar1864 yellow jacket1864 V.D.1901 Croix de Guerre1915 Military Cross1915 C.G.M.1916 Military Medal1916 pip1917 M.M.1918 purple heart1918 Maconochie Cross1919 Maconochie Medal1919 wound-stripe1919 T.D.1924 rooty gong1925 Silver Star1932 Ritterkreuz1940 Africa Star1943 ruptured duck1945 Spam medal1945 screaming eagle1946 1918 Chicago Tribune 20 Jan. c5 While the army was encamped about Newburgh he [sc. George Washington] established the order of military merit known as the Purple Heart. 1930 Washington Post 23 Mar. 17 Restablishment of the ‘Purple Heart’, a military decoration of the Order of Military Merit, established near the close of the American Revolution by Gen. George Washington, is being planned by the War Department. 1932 Army & Navy Jrnl. (U.S.) 27 Feb. 602/4 Awards of the Purple Heart for acts or service performed prior to Feb. 22, 1932, will be confined to the following persons. 1948 E. E. Cummings Let. 27 Aug. (1969) 185 The hyper~scientific climax of this hero (a prominent killer, holder of Silver Stars & Clusters & Purple Hearts galore)'s experience. 1974 Sumter (S. Carolina) Daily Item 23 Apr. 4 a/4 He is a recipient of the Purple Heart Award and Army Commendation Medal. 1986 New Yorker 28 Apr. 54/3 He returned from the war—having also won the Purple Heart—‘deeply shaken’. 1990 Sky Mag. Apr. 16/1 Paralysed Vietnam vet..returns from the war with a Purple Heart and a broken back. < as lemmas |
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