October 2009 - Argghhh!

Today, after the fire and thunder of the last week, is a pretty calm day for the Medal, with only five awarded for actions on this day in history, four of those during the Civil War, all on the same day, and one for WWI. It's a comparatively happy day, too - as all the recipients survived to receive their Medals.There are three Medals for related fights in Virginia, and one in Georgia, as Sherman marches through. CLANCY, JAMES T. Rank and organization: Sergeant, Company C, 1st New Jersey Cavalry...

...fer Slinky, who's *just* about nailed it, but bobbled the "hovering" reference (which was for the Whoziss, not the Whatziss), and for Fishmugger because he wondered where the blonde went.For those of you who came in late, here's the backstory.And, as I said, Slinky was correct about the fixed-wing applocation -- now let's see iffen y'all can pin down *which* fixed wing aircraft it belongs to?As always, here's another dead giveaway clue -- with *context*!Geez, I might...