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The soldiers told CBS News they originally did not receive the award due to politics and felt pressure to downplay their injuries.
The US army has decided to award the Purple Heart to 39 soldiers who it said were injured during Iran’s missile attack on Ain al-Asad Airbase in Iraq in January 2020.
Some on Fox News tried to make this an anti-Fox News, anti-Christmas, anti-America thing, but the arsonist’s motive wasn’t immediately known.
The soldiers told CBS News they originally did not receive the award due to politics and felt pressure to downplay their injuries.
The army will be awarding Purple Hearts to 39 soldiers who were injured in January of 2020 when Iran struck their airbase in Iraq.