Drama at the Klondike Aid Station

A long article, but it is well worth the read. MG Sampson was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross. When chaplains were recommended for MOH's, they were always downgraded. Here is a short excerpt:
"In the coming months, Father Sampson’s actions in Normandy would garner a Medal of Honor recommendation, a proposal supported by Supreme Allied Commander General Dwight Eisenhower. But the valiant priest would never receive America’s highest combat decoration."