There are two Medals awarded for actions on this day. Both from Vietnam, and both posthumous.Vietnam. Two examples of self-sacrifice for others. The first one just kinda pisses me off. Not at Staff Sergeant Connor, but at the nameless people who made that grenade.*CONNOR, PETER S. Rank and organization: Staff Sergeant, U.S. Marine Corps, Company F, 2d Battalion, 3d Marines, 1st Marine Division (Rein), FMF. Place and date: Quang Nag Ngai Province, Republic of Vietnam, 25 February 1966. Entered service at: South Orange, NJ. Born: 4 September 1932, Orange, N.J. Citation: For conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity in action against enemy Viet...
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