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"Steven P. McNicoll" ) writes:
"Bill Shatzer" wrote in message ... Basically crap, Steven. Army Regulations re the Purple Heart: (b) Individuals wounded or killed as a result of "friendly fire" in the "heat of battle" will be awarded the Purple Heart as long as the "friendly" projectile or agent was released with the full intent of inflicting damage or destroying enemy troops or equipment. I'd assume the Navy regulations are essentially similar. There apparently was no battle to be in the heat of. Assumed but not proven. In any case irrelevant if the folks -thought- they were in a battle. You think those folks in the Bradley who got zapped by a blue on blue Maverick didn't get PHs? There was no -real- battle, they were just motoring along when the A-10 mistook them for a T-72 or whatever. The A-10 driver -thought- it was a battle. In any case, if I recall correctly, it was freakin' -impossible- to wound oneself by firing an M-79 round "too close". Kerry's experience suggests otherwise. "Purported" experience. The things have to cover a minimum distance before they arm themselves and that distance is sufficient to place the shooter outside of the blast/shrapnel radius. I recall one story from the vietnam conflict where an army surgeon got written up for removing an unexploded M-79 round from an ARVN trooper. -He- got shot by friendly fire but the round hadn't traveled far enough to arm itself. Cheers, -- "Cave ab homine unius libri" |
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