September 2009 - Argghhh!

The Medal does not make an appearance on this day until the Korean War. Then it jumps in with both feet, illustrating the oft-desperate fighting that characterized that war. First, Sergeant First Class Kaufman and the fighting around Pusan in 1950, followed by a Corpsman and two Marine Privates of the 3rd Battalion, 5th Marines fighting in the Outpost Battles of 1952.*KAUFMAN, LOREN R. Rank and organization: Sergeant First Class, U.S. Army, Company G, 9th Infantry Regiment. Place and date: Near Yongsan...

...there is a limit to how much stuff I've got, and I've got decades left to stretch it out over, right? ...

Given the rather frenetic times in the Obama Administration's personnel management arena...

I know, I've got some catching up to do, and I will when I'm finished with the task at hand. But it will be easier to catch up if I quit falling farther behind! We open with the Civil War during a skirmish near Berryville, Virginia in 1864.GAUSE, ISAAC Rank and organization: Corporal, Company E, 2d Ohio Cavalry. Place and date: Near Berryville, Va., 13 September 1864. Entered service at:------. Birth: Trumbull County, Ohio. Date of issue: 19 September 1864. Citation: Capture of the colors...

REMARKS BY THE PRESIDENT AT PRESENTATION OF THE MEDAL OF HONOR TO STAFF SERGEANT JARED C. MONTI THE PRESIDENT: Please be seated. Good afternoon, and welcome to the White House. Of all the privileges serving as President, there's no greater honor than serving as Commander-in-Chief of the finest military that the world has ever known. And of all the military decorations that a President and a nation can bestow, there is none higher than the Medal of Honor. It has been nearly 150 years since our...

Frequent visitors will probably recognize the posting-handle Saker, recently elevated from the status of "Lurker-In-The-Drapes" to "Demi-Denizenne and Designated Gopher for the SugarButtons Brigade."I now move that she be elevated to full Denizenne, with all rights and priveliges pertaining thereunto*.Tomorrow, Saker gets dragged kicking and screaming like a cheerleader on helium departs for a Well-Known Military Installation down in Cricket's neck of the woods to participate...

A very unusual day for the Medal. On my first swing through the database, I came across zero Medals for this day in history. That circumstance being such an unlikely anomaly, I went back through - and I'm glad I did.This is an unusual day for the Medal in that, while there are three Medals, they are for one fight, at Red Creek, Az, in 1869. And it's a rare day because none of these Medals were posthumous.RARI, GEORGERank and organization: Corporal, Company D, 8th U.S. Cavalry. Place and date...

I am in need of some help. A dear friend of the family USAF Captain W is a single mom currently stationed in CA. She was divorced from her husband in 2004 in MD and is now being forced to go to court on the 30th in front of the Child Abduction Unit of Yolo County to fight for full custody of her children because her husband who is now stationed in Germany with his new wife (another USAF Captain) is planning on pulling a Hague convention rulling asking that his daughter be considered a resident of...