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To: tcostell

'I'm sure a CMH must be in the works.'

No, he got the Navy Cross. Maybe for the other Marine.


59 posted on 05/02/2006 10:56:57 AM PDT by xone
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To: xone

I believe he Navy Cross is a precursor to the MOH.

I checked out the Medal of Honor website and there's no straight answer:

http://www.cmohs.org/medal.htm

In the USSC I cannot find a section where on medal can prohibit another:

Sec. 3741. Medal of honor: award

The President may award, and present in the name of Congress, a
medal of honor of appropriate design, with ribbons and
appurtenances, to a person who while a member of the Army,
distinguished himself conspicuously by gallantry and intrepidity at
the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty -
(1) while engaged in an action against an enemy of the United
States;
(2) while engaged in military operations involving conflict
with an opposing foreign force; or
(3) while serving with friendly foreign forces engaged in an
armed conflict against an opposing armed force in which the
United States is not a belligerent party.


68 posted on 05/02/2006 1:11:41 PM PDT by Loud Mime (War is humanity's way of dealing with the tyranny caused by liberalism)
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