Posthumous Medal of Honor Awarded


	Posthumous Medal of Honor Awarded

Rustee

3-3-2008 9:52 PM

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military, army, medal of honor

Rustee says:

No matter the true reason for being unrecognized, it's shameful it took this long to make an effort to correct it.

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3-4-2008 11:42 PM

ColoradoRight

To the everlasting glory of the infantry

3-5-2008 12:26 AM

willhelm

Thanks for the clip, Rustee.

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