December 2009 - Argghhh!

There are six Medals awarded for this day - four of them posthumous. We start with the Philippine Insurrection, end with Vietnam, two Medals that sandwich the four Medals for WWII.Philippine Insurrection. STRAUB, PAUL F.Rank and organization: Surgeon. 36th Infantry, U.S. Volunteers. Place and date: At Alos, Zambales, Luzon, Philippine Islands, 21 December 1899. Entered service at: Iowa. Birth: Germany. Date of issue: 6 October 1906. Citation: Voluntarily exposed himself to a hot fire from the enemy...

There are four Medals awarded for actions on this day, one of them posthumous. Two from the Philippine Insurrection, and two from World War II.Philippine Insurrection. Seeking to score some transportation.GAUJOT, ANTOINE A.Rank and organization: Corporal, Company M, 27th Infantry, U.S. Volunteers. Place and date: At San Mateo, Philippine Islands, 19 December 1899. Entered service at: Williamson, W. Va. Birth: Keweenaw, Mich. Date of issue: 15 February I911. Citation: Attempted under a heavy fire...

It was a looming quiet around Rocherath, Belgium during the early, mist-shrouded hours of 18 December, 1944. Just as the cloud-hidden sun was causing a wan, pale dawn in the dense fog, the outposts heard the roar of diesels echoing out of the woods outside the town. The soldiers of the 1st Battalion, 9th Infantry Regiment were deployed east of the village along the road from the woods, and they took the first blow as a company of German tanks and a battalion of infantry ghosted out into the open...

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The good news is that the technology now exists to allow for pin-point accuracy on air-dropped resupply missions. Limiting the exposure of our personnel on the ground to IED's, Ambushes, and other hazards. The bad news is that it came sixty years too late for The Auld Soldier at Sinju. Boq

20 Medals, not one of 'em posthumous. As is almost certain, on a day with that many Medals, there is a Civil War battle involved, in this case, Nashville, 1864. There is also a naval "lifesaving" Medal that probably holds the record for largest number of people saved in a single event - and the Battle of the Bulge opened on this day in 1944.Civil War, and 17 Medals.ANDERSON, MARION T. Rank and organization: Captain, Company D, 51st Indiana Infantry. Place and date: At Nashville, Tenn...

I knew it. The *** hate the planet...