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The NRO has created an excellent mission patch for the flight, which depicts an eagle wearing a dog tag with the initials "JLC." This is in remembrance of Col. Joshua L. Chamberlain, a Union commander who was awarded the Medal of Honor for heroism at the battle of Gettysburg, July 2, 1863. Chamberlain and his men held the Union Army's southern flank at Little Round Top..

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Joshua Chamberlain

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Chamberlain’s actions at Gettysburg were no flash in the pan. He was an honorable, upstanding gentleman of the first water before he volunteered for the Union Army, and he lived a remarkably dignified, salutary life all his days after Gettysburg, as well.