June 2014 - Argghhh!

There are 22 Medals awarded for actions on this date. The 22nd of June was dominated by multiple awards from the early days of the Medal - when it was the only game in town. Most of the Medals in today's list would have been Bronze or Silver Stars in this century or the last. On a plus note, there are no posthumous awards - though the tradition of the times was that dead people didn't get awards. They might get statues, but they didn't get medals. This first one would be a Navy and Marine...

Because there's more to life and blogging than just the Medal of Honor, though you might not know that from the last few days. Let's just say that job hunting is time-consuming.

There are 24 Medals awarded for actions on this day - 17 of them from one event. We start off with the Civil War, and another one of those "mess o' medals" that characterize some Navy engagements. Remember, the Medal of Honor was our first formal award for heroism since the lapsing of the Purple Heart, an award instituted by General George Washington, and not originally associated with combat wounding, as it is now. During the era of the Civil through Spanish American Wars, the Medal...

U.S. Marine Lance Cpl. Samuel Travis, right, assigned to 5th Battalion, 14th Marines, pulls the lanyard to fire an M777 155 mm howitzer during Integrated Training Exercise (ITX) 4-14 at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms, Calif., June 10, 2014. ITX was a cornerstone of the Marine Air-Ground Task Force Training Program. (DoD photo by Cpl. Lauren Whitney, U.S. Marine Corps/Released)

There are 19 Medals awarded on this day in history, all of them from the 19th century, starting with the Civil War through the Indian Campaigns. First up - here's an interesting story in this citation from a battle at Aldie, Virginia, in 1863. Colonel DiCesnola of the 4th New York was under arrest (which also means unarmed) when his unit was attacked. He led his regiment anyway - under circumstances where he actually could have sat the fight out. Turns out he was an interesting fellow , very...

There are seven Medals awarded for actoins on this day. Three from the Civil War, three from World War II, and one from Vietnam. GREGG, JOSEPH O. Rank and organization: Private, Company F, 133d Ohio Infantry. Place and date: Near the Richmond & Petersburg Ry., Va., 16 June 1864. Entered service at: ------. Born: 5 January 1841, Circleville, Ohio. Date of issue: 13 May 1899. Citation: Voluntarily returned to the breastworks which his regiment had been forced to abandon to notify 3 missing companies...

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Mark Bush, 386th Expeditionary Security Forces Squadron military working dog handler, gets affectionately licked by his dog, Xarius, June 3, 2014 at an undisclosed location in Southwest Asia. Bush is deployed from the 28th Security Forces Squadron at Ellsworth Air Force Base, South Dakota in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. Bush hails from Chicago, Illinois. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Jeremy Bowcock)

10 Medals awarded for actions on this day. Civil War - two battles, same day, different campaigns. First is the Second Battle of Winchester, one of the opening fights of the Gettysburg Campaign, as Lee has Ewell clear the Shenandoah Valley of Federal troops in order to secure his flank on the march across Maryland and into Pennsylvania. DURHAM, JAMES R. Rank and organization: Second Lieutenant, Company E, 12th West Virginia Infantry. Place and date: At Winchester, Va., 14 June 1863. Entered service...