…that the United States ordered 1.5 million Purple Heart medals as part of the preparation for an invasion of the Japanese home islands in World War II, and since we did not actually have to go forward with the invasion (due to the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki for those of you who went to public school), the United States did not use all of those Purple Heart medals until 2008.
I read that here (link via Sarah Hoyt overnighting on Instapundit).
But you can bet I will be dropping that into conversation a bunch.
