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I agree that way too many Vietnam PH's were issued. I personally know a first sergeant that heard some cannon fire and threw himself onto the ground and got a bad scratch from a plant growing there. Cannon fire was outgoing and the corpsman wiped off the blood. Bingo, PH. So, so disgusting. At least I am proud to say I was never stupid enough to get hit by enemy fire so no PH. ![]() |
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I was hit by a piece of shrapnel in A-stan. Only a superficial wound, nothing serious, but would I then receive a PH if I was a US soldier? It wouldn´t be sufficient to receive the Danish Medal for Wounded in Service Quote:
One of the mates was hit in the ass by a splinter from a mortar grenade. Well such a splinter is apparently very hot because he jumped around screaming "my ass is on fire" I laughed so much that I got stomach cramps. When we finally caught him and got him to lie down the medic asked him if he could whistle, and when asked why the medic replied; so I can know your ass from your head! The moral was quite high for rest of the day. ![]() |
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Some of those folks got crippled for life-a bunch of others died.
Don't seem watered down to me. I think the criteria for this has been in effect a long time. Problem was to get the bureaucrats off their butts for this. All A&Ds are a big mess-nothing fair, equal, standard, or anything else about them. Kind of like life outside the military. |
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"Wow Brink, I thought you lost your nuts in Fallujah!"...."Dang Brink, did you get god to do the Mary dance with your old lady...since you lost your nuts and all"...or one that is particularly thoughtful..."I wish I was smart like Brink was, getting my sperm frozen at a young age...see, it paid off because now the nutless brink has kids"...yeah...that's right...these are the idiots I fought with and would gladly lay down my life for...sigh... But to answer your question, at least today, you have to be treated at a level higher than the medic and you must be at least evacuated to the aid station. They also allowed for TBI to be a qualification for the PH. I was skeptical at first...but now I am firmly behind it. I've seen what TBI does to you and honestly, I would rather have my legs blown off than have my brain rattled to the point where my cognitive ability is that of a 5-8 year old. We haven't even seen the tip of the iceberg as to the long term effects of TBI and it is only going to get worse... |
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It was not always that simple in VN.
You had to be medivacced where I was at one point. I hate to be argumentative, but you can't simplify or define 10 years of policies and practices by what you saw in your personal corner. I got 20 stitches in my gourd by the team medic for getting hit with a chunk of metal in a mortar attack. We never did any paperwork, so no PH. I got shot in lung and both legs and medivacced-got a PH for that. Two months later, I got a good scratch from a grenade, no PH. I also know guys who got them for pin prick level wounds. Different day, different stuff. |
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