Purple Heart and Friendly Fire
Jim,
MY QUESTION PERTAINS TO THE PURPLE HEART.
MY FRIEND AND I WERE BOTH IN VIETNAM, 101ST AIRBORNE 1969. WE WERE COMBAT INFANTRY AND WE WERE GUARDING A FIRE BASE FOR A ARTILLERY UNIT. ONE NIGHT WE HAD A MAD MINUTE WHERE YOU CAN SHOOT AS MUCH AMMO AS YOU CAN IN ONE MINUTE. THE PURPOSE OF THE MAD MINUTE WAS TO KILL OR WOUND THE ENEMY. AT THE TIME WE WERE NOT UNDER ATTACK BY THE ENEMY. THERE WAS THREE OF US IN A FOXHOLE AND I HAD M79 GRENADE LAUNCHER.
