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Medal of Honor recipients

Discussion in 'Leaders of World War 2' started by Christian Ankerstjerne, Dec 9, 2006.

  1. Christian Ankerstjerne

    Christian Ankerstjerne Member

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    Christian Ankerstjerne, Dec 9, 2006
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    Yes. In the early days it was sometimes awarded for rather arbitrary reasons. For the most part from WW I forward the standards are much higher.
     
    Grieg, Dec 11, 2006
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    ..wow ,five moh,s given to five sailors on a single landing party in fighting 20 moros ...under actions against outlaw insurrection 1911 in phillipines..looks like a fairly ordinary close quarters kinda fight...bronze star conduct in ww2...mabey silver.
     
    majorwoody10, Feb 20, 2007
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    One has to remember that there were very few medals before WW1.
     
    JCalhoun, Feb 21, 2007
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    one guy got a MOH from capturing the Virginia's 14th Cav flag.
     
    Revere, Feb 22, 2007
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    it said mc aurther the MOH
     
    Miller phpbb3, Mar 22, 2007
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    Not only did General Douglas MacArthur receive the MOH (for the defense of Bataan) but his father Arthur MacArthur was awarded the MOH for actions at the battle of Gettysburg. Yep, his father, not grandfather or great granfather, fought at Gettysburg. :eek:
     
    Grieg, Mar 24, 2007
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    Well, even today some peoples grandfathers fought at Gettysburg. It's going to take a while to get through the list. I like it when it says why they go the medal. Much better then just a list of names.
     
    Quillin, Mar 25, 2007
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    And note how many were posthumous... :(
     
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