Waihangahia tētahi putanga matatini ake o tēnei rerenga kōrero I mahi ia hei tangata whakauru ki te United States Marine Corps mai i te tau 1942 ki te tau 1946, e 28 ngā marama i noho ki tāwāhi, ā, i whakawhiwhia ki te Tohu Purple Heart.
Ae ra, ko te putanga matatini ake o te rerenga korero ko "I mahi ia hei tangata whakauru i te United States Marine Corps 1942 - 1946 me te rua tekau ma waru marama i tawahi ka whakawhiwhia ki te Tohu Purple Heart; i reti ia hei rangatira i te United States Marine Corps Reserve. "