December 2009 - Argghhh!

A Stryker armored vehicle operated by Soldiers with Charlie Company, 1st Battalion, 17th Infantry Regiment sits stationary at a patrol base, Rajankala, Kandahar province, Afghanistan, Nov. 28....

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There are nine Medals awarded for actions on this day - all of them awarded to living recipients. Seven during the Civil War, and one each for WWII and Vietnam.Civil War, aboard USS Baron DeKalb and USS Benton during the Yazoo River Campaign of 1862.COTTON, PETER Rank and organization: Ordinary Seaman, U.S. Navy. Born: 1839, New York, N.Y. Accredited to: New York. G.O. No.: 11, 3 April 1863. Citation: Cotton served on board the U.S.S. Baron De Kalb in the Yazoo River expedition, 23 to 27 December...

...maybe we should beat them to the punch...convene, "on the Application of the Legislatures of two thirds of the several States," a Constitutional Convention, not for the purpose of amending the Constitution, but instead, dissolving the Union.A bit ago, you wrote about feeling "the bad kind of tired." Lately, I've been feeling some of the same thing. Whether the cause is the same, I can't say.I recommend this article, "Why The Angry Mob Is Angry," at The American...

There are five Medals earned on the day after Christmas, since the inception of the Medal. One is a lifesaving Medal, and the rest, all awarded for actions during WWII, are split, with two posthumous and two to living recipients.Interim Awards, 1871-1898NOIL, JOSEPH B.Rank and organization: Seaman, U.S. Navy. Born: 1841, Nova Scotia. Accredited to: New York. Citation: Serving on board the U.S.S. Powhatan at Norfolk, 26 December 1872, Noil saved Boatswain J. C. Walton from drowning.World War II. The...

There are eight Medals earned for actions on this day, or a period that ends on this day. There are a slough of Medals from the Fort Fisher campaign that will show up in January, but cover actions on this day as well. Six are from the Civil War, one is a lifesaving Medal, and the last was earned during World War II.Thus far in our military history, the gift of Christmas is that there are as yet no posthumous awards for actions on this day.Civil War. Note the "rank" of Robert Blake. A liberated...

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