There are seven Medals awarded for actions on this day in our history militant, and a very interesting group of heroes it is. We start with a second award, have a combat swimmer, three Medals for trying to *prevent* a battle, a heroic medic, and we end up with one "very tough 'Rican", as Boq would say.Indian Campaigns. We met Captain Baldwin before, on 12 July, when he earned his first Medal during the Civil War.BALDWIN, FRANK D. SECOND AWARD Place and date: At McClellans Creek, Tex., 8 November 1874. Citation: Rescued, with 2 companies, 2 white girls by a...
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Nov 08 2009, 07:36 AM
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