Today is a very unusual day for the Medal. There are none awarded for actions on this day. Which, of course, doesn't mean there weren't any earned - there just weren't any actions where there were two eyewitnesses (other perhaps than the enemy) who survived the action to tell anyone about it.
Medal of Honor Statistics from the Congressional Medal of Honor Society. Notice how much harder it is to get a Medal if you survived the event:
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Dec 28 2009, 04:53 AM
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Argghhh! The Home Of Two Of Jonah's Military Guys..