Lot of noise being made about Purple Hearts

Fred the Red Shirt wrote:

Much of the European animosity toward the US during that era
was a consequence of the US operating in a matter that violated
the laws of war that were accepted by the Europeans.

Wrong. The French were using larger than .50 calibre weapons against troops in
SE Asia a decade before Ed began straffing troops there. Europe's issue with
the U.S. was political, not legal.


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everyone on Bear Creek"