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Vietnam Wound Medal
The Vietnam Wound Medal was a military decoration of South Vietnam which was first created in 1950. The decoration is the Vietnamese equivalent of the Purple Heart and is awarded to any personnel of the Vietnamese military who, while engaged in armed combat with enemies of the Republic of Vietnam, are either killed or wounded in action.
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