March 2010 - Argghhh!

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There are eighteen Medals awarded for actions on this day. Seventeen split between two Civil War battles, and one from Vietnam. One award was posthumous.Civil War. Three sailors from the Fort Hindman, and fourteen soldiers who apparently were playing "Capture the Flag" at the battle of Waynesboro, Virginia, in 1865, where Union Generals Phil Sheridan and George Custer destroyed the remnants of Confederate General Jubal Early's force.ANDERSON, CHARLES W. Rank and organization: Private...

Mea culpa. For reasons I’ll explain in a bit…* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * The segment of my normal walk-to-work route through the Iraqi compound is now a scale model of the Sea of Japan, courtesy of a week’s worth of continuous rain, so I took the Long Way ‘Round along what used to be a taxiway for MiG-21s. As I turned the corner, I spotted a convoy forming up about fifty meters ahead, with a couple of cammied, Up-Armored Hummers in the lead. From the green-brown-sand splotch...

Maybe one of you guys can explain to me how Harry Reid still has the unmitigated gall to appear in public, let alone on national television.Today is a big day in America. Only 36,000 people lost their jobs today, which is really goodReid then had the temerity to re-appear and announce that his remarkswere mischaracterized by those seeking to score political pointsRight. What he *meant* to say, evidently, was that it was really good that February's losses were only 10,000 more than January's...

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All in all a good day for the Medal. Three awards, all in the modern era, and none were posthumous.World War II. PFC Atkins had a key eye for the enemy, and the determination to go with it.ATKINS, THOMAS E. Rank and organization: Private First Class, U.S. Army, Company A, 127th Infantry, 32d Infantry Division. Place and date: Villa Verde Trail, Luzon, Philippine Islands, 10 March 1945. Entered service at: Campobello, S.C. Birth: Campobello, S.C. G.O. No.: 95, 30 October 1945. Citation: He fought...

There are three Medals awarded for actions on this day, one during the Korean War and two during Vietnam. All were posthumous.Korean War*WOMACK, BRYANT E. Rank and organization: Private First Class, U.S. Army, Medical Company, 14th Infantry Regiment, 25th Infantry Division. Place and date: Near Sokso-ri, Korea, 12 March 1952. Entered service at: Mill Springs, N.C. Birth: Mill Springs, N.C. G.O. No.: 5, 12 January 1953. Citation: Pfc. Womack distinguished himself by conspicuous gallantry above and...