SSG Sal Guinta is most likely going to be the first living recipient of the Medal of Honor for actions occuring after Vietnam.
Well done, Staff Sergeant, regardless of how it actually transpires!
And yes, I do think the collective we - milblogs and our readers - beat this drum until others heard it and took up the issue of the Medal of Posthumous Honor.
And I think it made a difference, once the questions started coming from Congress.
I understand fully vetting this Medal. But years? No. Not years. That's just Courtney Massengale at work in the Pentagon. Sam Damon should go kick his bureaucratic butt.
Read the complete post at http://www.thedonovan.com/archives/2010/07/just_in_case_yo_1.html
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Jul 02 2010, 10:20 AM
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Argghhh! The Home Of Two Of Jonah's Military Guys..