Purple Heart Award???

Pappy55 · 03-17-08, 12:44 PM

Hi all,

Just dug up SH4 again now its "playable" and just done my first war patrol and sunk 2 merchants and a passanger liner escorted by 4 destroyers headed for Borneo..

Returned home and was awarded the Purple Heart..
This is the part I do not understand..
No crew were wounded or killed. we suffered no damadge what so ever..

Only attack on me was by a few A/C and every time I crash dived in time so they coulden't bomb me.

Being British I am not 100% on US medals but i thought that the Purple Heart was only awarded as a result of being wounded or killed by direct action from the enemy in combat.

Can anyone throw any light on this?

03-17-08, 12:44 PM	#1
Pappy55 Engineer Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Birmingham, UK Posts: 211 Downloads: 173 Uploads: 0	Purple Heart Award??? Hi all, Just dug up SH4 again now its "playable" and just done my first war patrol and sunk 2 merchants and a passanger liner escorted by 4 destroyers headed for Borneo.. Returned home and was awarded the Purple Heart.. This is the part I do not understand.. No crew were wounded or killed. we suffered no damadge what so ever.. Only attack on me was by a few A/C and every time I crash dived in time so they coulden't bomb me. Being British I am not 100% on US medals but i thought that the Purple Heart was only awarded as a result of being wounded or killed by direct action from the enemy in combat. Can anyone throw any light on this? __________________