To: jlogajan
No medals for them because they got killed too soon? Well, yeah. You aren't supposed to get meritorious-type medals just for "being there". You get them for doing something. If one guy gets knocked unconscious before he knows he's under attack, and the other one survives and fights courageously for 6 hours to protect the other, the latter should get something more because he did something more.
To: XJarhead
Is this a branch-specific thing? I've read that the Army has given out more Medals of Honor than any other branch of service (because their standard for giving the medal is more liberal than that of other branches) - do you know that to be true, and does that translate into other awards as well?
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