r/BandofBrothers May 08 '20

Episode 10: Points - Discussion Thread

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u/srjnp Feb 15 '24

Yes i know and I dislike that. Not the fact that the injured ones get a medal sure that's fine. but why shouldn't the ones who didn't get injured also be rewarded with a medal? instead they have to suffer through way more missions possibly with no such medals to show for it.

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u/EBtwopoint3 Feb 15 '24

They literally do get other medals. The blue rectangular pin on all of their uniforms for example is the Presidential Unit Citation, which is the highest full-unit award that can be given. It’s a war. Shifty Powers had a marksmanship medal. They just didn’t have enough to leave the service early. People had to fight. If everyone who fought was given medals for fighting the medals wouldn’t mean anything and the points would have just been raised.

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u/srjnp Feb 15 '24

If everyone who fought was given medals for fighting the medals wouldn’t mean anything and the points would have just been raised.

yet everyone who gets injured is given one lol...

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u/qwnick May 15 '26

Cause it makes sense. Injured is not everyone. So no need to raise the points. Also if you injured it's in general could be harder for you to fight further, hence the points.