“First I heard about this and hubby is now using his ‘opera voice’ when I read this to him.”
Oops - I erred: It was a Congressional Medal of Honor. Here is the Snopes confirmation of the incident:
http://www.snopes.com/military/medal.asp
Wow. I hadn’t heard about this and was even MORE shocked when I saw the victim was Gen. Joe Foss from South Dakota. He was a close friend to my Grandfather (South Dakota is a small state) since before the war and also when he was Governor.
When we go back to South Dakota, we fly out of “Joe Foss Field” airport in Sioux Falls. He was a great man.