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DDG-116 Named for Korean War MOH Recipient At least one new good name.
According to a Military.com story DDG-116 will be named THOMAS HUDNER after the Korean War MOH recipient. Wikipedia link on Thomas Hudner .
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US Navy Names New DDG after MOH winner Cpl Jason Dunham Destroyer named after Medal of Honor recipient
March 24, 2007; Submitted on: 03/23/2007 06:56:20 PM ; Story ID#: 2007323185620
By Sgt. Helen M. Searcy, Headquarters Marine Corps
SCIO, N.Y. (March...
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Too bad that he had too die, but I think that's it's a very fitting tribute to a Medal of Honor recepient (that's one award that you don't really want to win) to have a ... .
And awesome at the same time..
I saw that on Navsource NICE ! that's incredible..
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Vietnam War hero Spc. Leslie H. Sabo Jr. to get posthumous Medal of Honor
Published April 16, 2012
FoxNews.com
Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/us/2012/04/16/wh ... z1sPwUqreP
"Spc. Leslie H. Sabo Jr., who died in 1970 while saving the lives of his fellow...
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Pool and Navy Cross....
Shemin-DSC Lafayette G.
Others there is a push for to hopefully get the MoH are: Sergeant William T.
recipient in WWI, and two I think whose DSC also needs to be upgraded to the MoH are: Staff Sergeant in point.
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Twelve MOH recipients in one picture. It was taken in July last year at North Island NAS, California. John Finn, at bottom right, will turn 101 in July and is the only MOH recipient left of sixteen awarded from the attack on Pearl Harbor. According to...
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(Or maybe he was Zelig pictured such that the....
Probable, that the unidentified man was not a MOH recipient but merely a participant in the celebration man was not a MOH recipient but merely a participant in the celebration.
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In watching this episode, I was left to ponder the golden question of this episode. Why did he return? It reminded me of the the two Delta MOH heroes from Somalia (Black Hawk Down) who volunteered to cover the downed chopper. I have my own theories but...
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It was one of the most moving - from John Finn (I believe... .
Why did he return? It reminded me of the the two Delta MOH heroes from Somalia (Black Hawk MOH recipients speak -ranging from WW2, Korean conflict and Vietnam.
Of this episode.
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OK, first of all I am an expert in nothing relevant in life except, truth, honor, and honesty.
How is that placing ex-Senator, ex-police officer, or ex-anything governmental entails penalties if untrue, yet I can claim to have received the MOH, the NC...
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If you graduated before.
Beret (( Meet MOH Recipient Roy: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v..
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Vietnam Vet to be Awarded MoH Posthumously
The White House announced Monday that a 101st Airborne soldier will be posthumously awarded the nation’s highest valor award for actions that took place in Cambodia during the Vietnam War, nearly 50 years ago...
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So, I'm flying back from Police Week in DC last Thursday with a layover at DFW. I had earlier decided to upgrade to first class even though it was a short flight because I kept getting stuck in the ***-end of the plane on the flights out to DC and I hate...
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That's a neat story and a cool pic thanks for sharing .
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Not really sure where to go with this: A relative of mine who fought in Vietnam and was wounded during the battle for FSB Illingworth near the Cambodian border on 1 April 1970 has no official documentation indicating he ever received the award. He was...
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If the General happened to be flying in and asked /was asked to present some awards, there is a good chance there is... .
Post your questions there.
You might try looking for a website being maintained either directly by the unit he was in or a parent unit .
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Like most of you, I believe that the original movie series, Band of Brothers, by Steven Spielberg and Tom Hanks in 2001, is far and away one of the most accurate and realistic cinematic portrayals ever made about war. The book, by Stephen E. Ambrose, ...
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The name of the series now seems to be 'The Pacific' and is due out ... .
It's almost here.
Yep looking forward to this one
Thanks mate Look forward to it, especially as BOB set such a high standard of authenticity .
Good heads ups we'll be waiting, Thanks.
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