Random fact I learned on Wikipedia
Sep. 10th, 2009 10:51 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
nonionayIn 1945, they made 500,000 Purple Heart medals in preparation for the invasion of Japan. Japan surrendered and the invasion never happened. So every Purple Heart since then has come from that stash. They still have like 100,000 left.
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Date: 2009-09-20 02:32 am (UTC)