Thank you so much for your album honoring this hero.

This morning in his “town hall meeting,” President Obama spoke very highly and proudly of Lt. Finn, our oldest surviving Medal of Honor recipient.

Dorian de Wind

Marlowecan:

Thank you for your comments on my post, but more important thank you for your comments on this important issue

Dorian de Wind

The Air Force Times article (see D.E.'s link) was especially fascinating.

While it is true, as one commentator noted in the article, that most deaths in Iraq and Afghanistan have been from IEDs, and “It’s pretty hard to be a hero against an IED,” … the quantitative and qualitative evidence makes it clear that an injustice has been occurring from some years.

Note the outrageous story about the “illegal immigrant” who gave his life for his country under conditions of great gallantry, and receives a secondary award. I too wonder at the politicization of this process.

Particularly powerful: the contrast of the reasons for LBJ receiving a Silver Star for effectively nada in WWII, and those for a soldier who received the Silver Star in Iraq for remarkable (and fatal) heroism.

Fine post…on an important issue of justice for some remarkable individuals.

America's oldest living Medal of Honor recipient, living his 100th year is former enlisted Chief Petty Officer, Aviation Chief Ordnanceman (ACOM), later wartime commissioned Lieutenant John W. Finn, U. S. Navy (Ret.). He is also the last surviving Medal of Honor, “The Day of Infamy”, Japanese Attack on the Hawaiian Islands, Naval Air Station, Kaneohe Bay, Oahu, Territory of Hawaii, 7 December 1941.

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