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H.R. 558 (103rd)

To amend title 10, United States Code, to provide for the award of the Purple Heart to persons wounded in action by friendly fire.

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21 January 1993

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Makes eligible for the award of the Purple Heart those persons wounded in action on or after December 7, 1941, by weapon fire while engaged in armed conflict, regardless of the origin of the weapon fire.

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