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Originally Posted by Tully Mars
I always wonder when I read about a someone being awarded major medals of honor, seems to me that there's likely a lot of service men and women who earn them yet never are awarded. But to claim this man didn't earn it because he was saving lives of fellow soldiers rather then killing the emeny seems rather lame.
Thoughts?
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If his superiors thought he deserved the award, he deserves it. Saving the lives of your buddies is just as important as killing the enemy. Reading the Wikipedia article, he did manage to kill one enemy soldier.
Reading further, it looks like the Medal of Honor isn't just for combat operations either.
Mary Edwards Walker - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Prior to the American Civil War she earned her medical degree, married and started a medical practice. The practice didn't do well and she volunteered with the Union Army at the outbreak of the American Civil War and served as a female surgeon. She was captured by Confederate forces after crossing enemy lines to treat wounded civilians and arrested as a spy. She was sent as a prisoner of war to Richmond, Virginia until released in a prisoner exchange.
After the war she was approved for the United States military's highest decoration for bravery, the Medal of Honor, for her efforts during the war. She is the only woman to receive the medal and one of only eight civilians to receive it. Her medal was later rescinded based on an Army determination and then restored in 1977. After the war she was a writer and lecturer supporting the women's suffrage movement until her death in 1919.
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The writer is just another whackjob looking for things to complain about.