A Shower of Stars: The Medal of Honor and the 27th MaineG.K. Hall, 1999 - 381 pages |
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... citation to go with the medals and so he wrote to the Department of Defense in 1959 to ask for a copy . He then received the bad news , which he had never heard before , that all of the 27th Medals of Honor had been rescinded . It was ...
... citation to go with the medals and so he wrote to the Department of Defense in 1959 to ask for a copy . He then received the bad news , which he had never heard before , that all of the 27th Medals of Honor had been rescinded . It was ...
Page 274
... citation does not fully explain it , performed a technical feat while throwing 60- mm . mortar shells by hand from the window of a beleaguered storehouse . The citation , which ap- peared early in 1944 , said that Kelly " picked up 60 ...
... citation does not fully explain it , performed a technical feat while throwing 60- mm . mortar shells by hand from the window of a beleaguered storehouse . The citation , which ap- peared early in 1944 , said that Kelly " picked up 60 ...
Page 373
... gallantry in action at Williams- burg , Va . , May 5 , 1862 , while serving as a captain with Co. I , 61st Penna . Inf . , and that he was awarded this medal on Oct. 25 , 1893 . MOHR , p . 519 , gives the citation for 373.
... gallantry in action at Williams- burg , Va . , May 5 , 1862 , while serving as a captain with Co. I , 61st Penna . Inf . , and that he was awarded this medal on Oct. 25 , 1893 . MOHR , p . 519 , gives the citation for 373.
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