A Shower of Stars: The Medal of Honor and the 27th MaineG.K. Hall, 1999 - 381 pages |
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... army at war . So the Medal of Honor that was thus fash- ioned for the Army , mostly by accident , was not a perfect decoration , but it caught in some pecu- liar way both the beguiling innocence and the awful grandeur of a youthful ...
... army at war . So the Medal of Honor that was thus fash- ioned for the Army , mostly by accident , was not a perfect decoration , but it caught in some pecu- liar way both the beguiling innocence and the awful grandeur of a youthful ...
Page 280
... armed forces and made the Medal of Honor available for acts performed by our military people while engaged in an ac- tion against an enemy of the United States , while engaged in military operations involving conflict with an opposing ...
... armed forces and made the Medal of Honor available for acts performed by our military people while engaged in an ac- tion against an enemy of the United States , while engaged in military operations involving conflict with an opposing ...
Page 323
... Army medal for enlisted men . March 3 , 1863 : Amended JR of July 12 , 1862 , to include officers and provide for past and fu- ture deeds of distinguished service in action . May 2 , 1896 ( JR ) : Authorized new ribbon and a rosette to ...
... Army medal for enlisted men . March 3 , 1863 : Amended JR of July 12 , 1862 , to include officers and provide for past and fu- ture deeds of distinguished service in action . May 2 , 1896 ( JR ) : Authorized new ribbon and a rosette to ...
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