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There are five Medals awarded for actions on this day, one from the Civil War, and four from World War II. Three are posthumous.Civil WarSHUTES, HENRY Rank and organization: Captain of the Forecastle, U.S. Navy. Born: 1804, Baltimore, Md. Accredited to: Maryland. G.O. No.: 71, 15 January 1866. Citation: Served as captain of the forecastle on board the U.S.S. Wissahickon during the battle of New Orleans, 24 and 25 April 1862; and in the engagement at Fort McAllister, 27 February 1863. Going on board...

There are six Medals awarded for actions on this day, all in the modern era, World War II and Vietnam. Any day you earn the Medal is by definition a hard day, but 23 February is a particularly harsh day. Five of the six Medals awarded for actions on this day were posthumous awards.World War II. I can imagine PFC Grabiarz spent a lot of time in the barracks being called "Grab-ass." And I'm just as sure he was hard enough to take it. Corporal (later Warrant Officer 4) Wilson would spend...

There's something odd about this video of Russian artillery...

Whatever the good elf up in the frozen tundra of Kanookistan is thinking of, PLEASE-PLEASE-PLEASE, DO NOT ever think of giving one of these gift anywhere near Eastern Kansas.

Air Raid Pearl Harbor. This is no drill.

It's getting more dangerous for ya around here. There's a few stands of grape, too, if you try to organize a rush on the place....

At a White House ceremony around noon today, the President will decorate 13 citizens with the Presidential Citizen's Award. And most of you here know one of the recipients. Beer Girl. Yep. MaryAnn of Soldier's Angels Germany . Just to make sure everybody understand just.how.big.a.deal this is... this medal is the 2nd highest civilian award the US awards. And that there were over 6,000 recommendations this year. And MaryAnn is in some rarefied company . This is very much deserved. And "Well...