June 2014 - Argghhh!

This becomes important tomorrow. Well, 26,280 tomorrows ago, that is.

In the end, it's my fault. I parked under the tree. There were leaves to be eaten. And goaties must climb

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 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...

There are twelve Medals awarded for actions on this day. As per usual, we open with the Civil War, and a connection that still echoes across the valleys for us today.

Today was a busy day in history for the Medal of Honor, with 8 awards for actions on this day. Starting with Korea. Oh, not the Korean War you're thinking of - the one I bet maybe 1 in 100 of our readers know even happened, much less any details thereof. The Korean Campaign of 1871. It was a naval affair, the military component being Navy and Marines, from a force sent to support our diplomatic efforts in opening up Korea to US trade (in an era of gunboat diplomacy worldwide) as well as to ascertain...

The Medal took a breather on this date in history. Only two three awards - back to the Civil War and the second day's fighting at Trevilian Station. In 2011, PFC Henry Svehla was added to this day for his actions during the Korean War and took this from a deathless day to adding a posthumous award.. FURNESS, FRANK Rank and organization: Captain, Company F, 6th Pennsylvania Cavalry. Place and date: At Trevilian Station, Va., 12 June 1864. Entered service at: Philadelphia, Pa. Birth:------. Date...