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re: The Medal of Honor is a participation trophy now
Posted on 3/18/14 at 2:51 pm to Godfather1
Posted on 3/18/14 at 2:51 pm to Godfather1
quote:
"Well, this guy's black, so I'll put him in for a Distinguished Service Cross instead of the MOH."
Yeah. I'm sure that was the thought process of many a CO back in the day
According to the OP, the new recipients were Jewish and Hispanic, not Black.
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Posted on 3/18/14 at 2:54 pm to trackfan
quote:
According to the OP, the new recipients were Jewish and Hispanic, not Black.
Fine.
Plug in either one instead of "black". Your silly semantics aside, the point stands.
Posted on 3/18/14 at 2:59 pm to trackfan
quote:And black. The ceremony is going on right now, live.
According to the OP, the new recipients were Jewish and Hispanic, not Black.
Posted on 3/18/14 at 3:01 pm to trackfan
How about a review of Dick Winters' record?
He led an assault on a fortified position overlooking Utah Beach that's used to this day at West Point as a textbook example of how to do so. Yet he was denied the MOH (instead awarded a DSC) because of some silly rule at the time that only one MOH per division could be awarded (the 101st's MOH recipient was a Lt. Col. who led a bayonet charge on D-Day, and was then killed in Market Garden before receiving the award).
Let's look at that one.
He led an assault on a fortified position overlooking Utah Beach that's used to this day at West Point as a textbook example of how to do so. Yet he was denied the MOH (instead awarded a DSC) because of some silly rule at the time that only one MOH per division could be awarded (the 101st's MOH recipient was a Lt. Col. who led a bayonet charge on D-Day, and was then killed in Market Garden before receiving the award).
Let's look at that one.
Posted on 3/18/14 at 3:49 pm to trackfan
The number of blacks who served in combat during WWII was pretty small. The military was not racially integrated until 1948. So there weren't too many opportunities for blacks to demonstrate the type of valor that earned consideration for the MOH. 7 black soldiers were awarded the MOH in 1997. So a review to find worthy black recipients who were overlooked has already been conducted.
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