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Blackvegetable » 07 Apr 2026, 9:17 am » wrote: ↑

07 Apr 2026, 9:17 am

What does your certainty have to do with anything?


Are these your words?


 


 

Thanks for confirmation of that database!

Knew that was coming.  As I have before many in the service who have received the Purple Heart call it that.  It is not disdain.



AI OverviewThe "I-forgot-to-duck" medal is a long-standing, wry nickname used by US service members for the Purple Heart, indicating that the recipient was wounded in combat. This phrase is a form of military humor aimed at humbling the prestige of the medal, often referencing the idea that a wound was simply a case of being in the wrong place at the wrong time or not moving fast enough.