Posted on Jun 28, 2015
Medal of Honor recipient's story finally comes to light
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To be honest it does not surprise me that "we" get so much of our history wrong GySgt Wayne A. Ekblad . Proper handling and safekeeping Battlefield notes is a legitimate concern. Historical revisionism has been going on for some time. Hopefully truth will prevail and people will be zealous once again to find substantiation for things reported as fact.
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MSgt Steven Holt, NRP, CCEMT-P
Agreed, sir. Especially the part about "historical revisionism". I often wonder how much of the "history" we are/were taught in school has been altered to fit the perceptions of the authors.
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That's EXACTLY why I am so adamantly in favor of rescinding the twenty CMOH medals for those murderous Cavalry bastards at Wounded Knee. Everyone who disagreed with me all replied "What difference would it make after so many years?" Sgt. Henry Johnson is a perfect example in reverse. The difference is that it rights a wrong!!!
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Schumer: Bring WWI hero's Medal of Honor to his N.Y. hometown ...
The Medal of Honor posthumously awarded last month to a World War I soldier from Albany should be put on public display in his hometown, U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer said Thursday.
The New York Democrat sent a letter to the New York National Guard asking it to bring Sgt. Henry Johnson's medal to New York's capital once it's handed over by the U.S. Army. Schumer is seeking to have the medal temporarily displayed in City Hall.
"We have had dozens of Capital Region citizens call and ask if the medal could visit Henry Johnson's hometown," said Schumer, who was involved in the decades-long effort to bestow the nation's highest military award on Johnson.
http://www.militarytimes.com/story/military/2015/07/16/schumer-bring-wwi-heros-medal-of-honor-to-his-ny-hometown/30269385/
The Medal of Honor posthumously awarded last month to a World War I soldier from Albany should be put on public display in his hometown, U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer said Thursday.
The New York Democrat sent a letter to the New York National Guard asking it to bring Sgt. Henry Johnson's medal to New York's capital once it's handed over by the U.S. Army. Schumer is seeking to have the medal temporarily displayed in City Hall.
"We have had dozens of Capital Region citizens call and ask if the medal could visit Henry Johnson's hometown," said Schumer, who was involved in the decades-long effort to bestow the nation's highest military award on Johnson.
http://www.militarytimes.com/story/military/2015/07/16/schumer-bring-wwi-heros-medal-of-honor-to-his-ny-hometown/30269385/
Schumer: Bring WWI hero's Medal of Honor to his N.Y. hometown
The Medal of Honor posthumously awarded last month to a World War I soldier from Albany should be put on public display in his hometown, U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer said Thursday.
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