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November 25, 2004
Wounded? Congrats, Here's a Purple Heart. Now Please Hand Over the Signing Bonus.
In the middle of a short piece about wounded soldiers, Newsweek mentions that the army tried to make Lt. Tyson Johnson pay back his signing bonus because he didn't complete his tour of duty ... due to the serious injuries he received, for which he got a Purple Heart.
Insult upon injury, [Tyson Johnson] got a bonus for joining, and they wanted to take the signing bonus back because he didn't fulfill his contract because he was wounded ... [Editor’s note: The Army has since abandoned its efforts to collect Tyson Johnson's signing bonus.]
How gracious of them to have stopped their collection efforts. The amount, if you are curious, was $2999. Giving up on that must have blown a big hole in Pentagon's $400 billion budget. Maybe Lt. Johnson should do the right thing and return the money anyway -- perhaps by putting up that Purple Heart for sale on Ebay. If a grilled cheese sandwich with the "image" of "Virgin Mary," who apparently has nothing better to do than help people increase their gambling winnings, can sell for $28,000...
Posted by zeynep at November 25, 2004 03:38 PM
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