There are 19 Medals awarded for actions on this day. As is usual when there are this many on a given day, the bulk come from the 19th Century to prior to WWI, when the award criteria (and the entire award system) were different.
The Medal spread itself all over on this day. The Civil War, the Indian Campaigns, the China Relief Expedition, World War II and Vietnam.
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Jul 12 2014, 05:35 AM
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