There are two Medals awarded for actions on this day, during the Indian Campaigns and the Korean War. One was posthumous.Indian Campaigns. A typically terse citation from this era.LENIHAN, JAMESRank and organization: Private, Company K, 5th U.S. Cavalry. Place and date: At Clear Creek, Ariz., 2 January 1873. Entered service at: ------. Birth: Ireland. Date of issue: 12 April 1875. Citation: Gallantry in action.Korea. Sometimes, you just have to embrace the suck, as the troops of today are wont to say.*EDWARDS, JUNIOR D. Rank and organization: Sergeant First Class, U.S. Army, Company E, 23d Infantry Regiment, 2d Infantry Division. Place and...
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