I started writing a book called You Watch My Back and I will watch yours. The book is about characters the are recruited in pairs of two by a company that houses and pays for them to complete dangerous missions around the world and the characters tend to meet while trying to rescue the other from some event called the mission. My characters are human maybe with an extra skill or skills gained by "The Mission." I love reading series so I knew my book would be a part of a series so I have characters for the book that will move forward as their own book or a comic book. Luiiloviie is a Beautiful African American Vampiress and is based on this author and my military service and a part of the mission and Conchita is a Hispanic Amazonian warrior woman character also a part of the mission but they have never met or heard of each other both have supernatural powers. Luiiloviie is a beautiful African American vampire and Conchita is Hispanic and descendent of an Amazon woman tribe o...
The History Behind The Purple Heart The Badge for Military Merit The original Purple Heart award was instituted by George Washington in 1782 to reward troops for "unusual gallantry" and "extraordinary fidelity and essential service." The award was a purple cloth heart edged in silver braid, and was to be worn over the left breast of the uniform. Only three awards are known to have been issued, of which two are known to exist today. While the award of the Purple Heart was not authorized by the Navy until 1942, sailors and Marines who had been wounded prior to 1932 were eligible to apply for the medal. While no numbers are available concerning the award to Navy and Marine personnel, approximately 12,000 sailors and Marines were wounded between the Civil War and the Nicaragua Campaign of 1932. In the picture above Navy Type I Purple Heart awarded to John W. Ant. Note order of engraving is rank, name, branch. Pfc Ant was killed in action on July 27, 1944 in Guam while serving with Co L, 3rd Bn., 22nd Marines, 1st Provisional Marine brigade when an enemy bullet struck a grenade he was carrying. The body was determined to be non-recoverable Frank Reinier of Zion, commander of the Military Order of the Purple Heart Society Waukegan Chapter 323, center, talks to Alfred Clark of Waukegan who is the Commander of the North Chicago American Legion Post 397, left, and Clark's wife Donna, right, at the Veterans Tribute at Waukegan Township's Park Place Senior Center in Waukegan. Donate To Armed Forces Veteran's Homes Foundation Combined Federal Campaign ... you'll automatically be making a donation to Armed Forces Veterans Homes Foundation, Health Setbacks. Loneliness. Helplessness. We assist 32,000 veterans in overcoming challenges of aging and disabilities with quality long term care at 142 State Veterans Homes.. Doesn't that feel good? US military Purple Heart Ribbon
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