The Purple Heart for ALL Combat Wounds

Honor the Purple Heart for ALL Combat Wounds

Veterans are dying of suicide every day. Everyone knows; and no one knows what to do. What can we do?

We have a solution that will save lives.

Whomever you may be, a President, a General, a statesman, we need you to act. Veterans need your help. This letter has been in my pocket for you.

Combat incurred Post Traumatic Stress Disorder is a real war wound – and society has matured enough to recognize it.

But what society does not know is that combat PTSD is a lifetime commitment – it never goes away. Combat-scarred veterans commit suicide daily because the wound is that real; suffering for a nation who wants to help but does not know how.

America needs to formally honor them. At this moment in time, the Purple Heart is honored to veterans with wounds of war. It is gotten with sacred blood on the battlefield, and on the battlefield only. From war, and war only.

Thousands of us argue that as combat PTSD is a lifetime wound of war - a lifetime commitment to America - a tangible recognition of their daily sacrifice is needed: a full measure of gratitude that America honors them…and that suicide, that blood shed on the operating table from war is the same now as it was in war: whether it be a day, or decades afterward. It makes no difference.

We propose that the Purple Heart be honored for PTSD from War.

We ask for an Executive Order to be made for this end.

We propose that the Veterans Administration set up a new department explicitly for this purpose.

Because America must recognize the daily sacrifice of all warriors, or we will lose them.

This recognition is far more than a medal; that is secondary. It is a debt America has to her veterans recognized in entirety. An appreciation of their daily, living sacrifice for this nation - an acknowledgment of their living legacy.

This will change the heart of many, and with Providence, will cause less to take their own lives in the knowledge that America is with them even in the darkest hours.

Please scan and vote YES below. Please forward this as necessary. They need you. We need you. Make this a priority. Do not go to sleep until it is done.

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Please cut above the line and print on a single page. I wish that I could simply upload a printable PDF to vocal, but it does not allow it. Use the QR code in the image to place bottom center of the page where indicated (QR CODE). I like to use the last few sentences and center them on the back page. This of course is optional as the need for an executive order is already mentioned in the letter.

I literally have two of these folded up in my wallet (all the time) because I never know who I will run in to. I also have them in my desk, car, and use them as bookmarks when I sell a book. I have put them up on every conceivable tackboard and public space where it would definitely be seen. QR codes are brilliant. I have even made a poster of the code centered and write "It is time the Purple Heart be honored for ALL Combat Wounds - Please scan and vote YES."

These things have many steps and are sometimes hard, but every time you act is a victory.

Semper Parati - Always Ready