Thursday, November 22, 2007

Gallant men

The Medal of Honor

Since it was created there have been 3,464 awarded.
119 of these in WW1
8 Marines received the award in that war.
These 8 men received 13 of the medals all together.
Two men got the award in the same action.
And one man was awarded the medal by 2 different services under 2 different names for the same action.


http://www.homeofheroes.com/moh/war/12_wwi.html