There are two Medals** awarded for actions on this day - both to men who tried (one successfully) to enlist when they were too young to do so. One sailor on Okinawa, one Guardsman in the 29th Infantry Division. One died earning his Medal, the other a week after that actions that earned him the Medal. Young Faulkner wanted to get into the war so bad that he tried to enlist in 1942, when he was 16. He was sent home, only to return, successfully, in 1944 when he was 18. On Okinawa, 8 June 1945, he demonstrated...