December 2009 - Argghhh!

From The White House's own kitchen, a confectionery homage to those who has given so much to our President...

There are ten Medals awarded for actions on this day - right at the average. All are from the Civil War, and none are posthumous.Civil War - one last Medal for the rescue operations during the sinking of USS Monitor, and nine Medals for actions at the Battle of Stones River, Tennessee, 1862. This is also known as the Second Battle of Murfreesboro.BOURKE, JOHN G. Rank and organization: Private, Company E, 15th Pennsylvania Cavalry. Place and date: At Stones River, Tenn., 31 December 1862-1 January...

There are eight Medals awarded for actions on this day, five of them, all in the modern era, posthumous. They cover three wars - the Indian Campaigns, World War II, and Vietnam.Indian Campaigns. We open with three Medals from two fights, that are they typical sparse citations of this era.BERGERNDAHL, FREDERICKRank and organization: Private, Band, 4th U.S. Cavalry. Place and date: At Staked Plains, Tex., 8 December 1874. Entered service at: ------. Birth: Sweden. Date of issue: 13 October 1875. Citation...

I have personally, never been to Detroit...

As most of you know, I'm more focused on the older stuff than the new (though I am aware that the leadership of the Army, after years of batting it away hoping to get their new maser/graser-blast rifle technology, have caved and are going to buy short-stroke piston H&K 416 uppers for the M4/16 rifles, as the pressure from all sides for a change was too great. They took the low-hanging fruit approach - which, in the midst of a war, might be the better approach. Rather than buying an all-new...

Even he can't see it because the Army blocks You Tube, Heartless Libertarian asked that I post this.It warms the cockles of his deployed heart just knowing we've linked it.Enjoy!...

Thirteen Medals have been awarded for actions on this day, or, in one case, a period of time which ended on this day. Only two wars - the Civil War, where eleven Medals were awarded, ten of them to the crew of one vessel, and World War Two, one in the European theater, the other in the Pacific.Civil War. Sergeant Fox earned his Medal in a fight in Tennessee in 1862, the rest of these gentlemen sailed a "powder boat" (that's just what it sounds like, a small vessel stuffed full of black...