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To: calex59

2600 were awarded before WWII, since then 861, 530 posthumously. A while back I did read all of the citations from the WWII period forward. While the act of falling on a grenade was recognized I believe it was about 15% of the time that it was the cause of the award.


21 posted on 12/12/2012 7:54:36 PM PST by xone
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To: xone

More MOH have been awarded for deliberately falling on a grenade, than for any other single act.


23 posted on 12/12/2012 8:03:39 PM PST by DesertRhino (I was standing with a rifle, waiting for soviet paratroopers, but communists just ran for office.)
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