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All Hands Magazine's full length documentary "Making a Sailor": This video follows four recruits through Boot Camp in the spring of 2018 who were assigned to DIV 229, an integrated division, which had PIR on 05/25/2018.
Boot Camp: Making a Sailor (Full Length Documentary - 2018)
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Who was the only President to earn the Medal of Honor?
Take a Guess:
The Medal of Honor is the highest medal any military member can earn. It was specifically made for the Navy only. On December 21, 1861 Congress made it an official Navy award. President Lincoln signed the bill and the (Navy) Medal of Honor was born.
Of the 3461 awarded, only two father & son family members got one (at different times). One of the father/son team was well known General Douglas MacArthur (son) and Arthur MacArthur (dad).
btw: I found Arthur to be a weird name, Arthur MacArthur
http://www.cmohs.org/recipient-detail/833/macarthur-arthur-jr.php
Now the question:
The other father & son Medal of Honor winners had one that went on to become President of the United States.
Who was the only president to ever earn a Medal of Honor?
1. Dwight David Eisenhower
2. John Fitzgerald Kennedy
3. Ulysses Simpson Grant
4. Theodore Roosevelt
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THE ANSWER:
Here is the answer for the Medal of Honor winner:
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Who was the President:
It was President Theodore Roosevelt
http://www.cmohs.org/recipient-detail/2178/roosevelt-theodore.php
(notice the date awarded)
This was his son:
Theodore Roosevelt Jr.
http://www.cmohs.org/recipient-detail/2972/roosevelt-theodore-jr.php
This was the father of the well known General Douglas MacArthur:
Arthur MacArthur (I found that to be a weird name)
http://www.cmohs.org/recipient-detail/833/macarthur-arthur-jr.php
Here is the famous son, General Douglas MacArthur:
http://www.cmohs.org/recipient-detail/2856/macarthur-douglas.php
Here is the history of the Medal of Honor.
Please note that the originally was only a Navy Medal. Then the other services had to jump on the bandwagon:
http://www.cmohs.org/medal-history.php
The 1st Navy guy to earn it was:
26 June 1861: Aboard the U.S.S. Pawnee, John Williams courage despite his wounds, his refusal to leave any man behind, and his love for the flag became the first act by a member of the U.S. Navy to merit the Medal of Honor
The 1st Medal of Honor winners earned on foreign soil were sailors:
9 June 1871: Three sailors earn Medals of Honor for action in Korea. These were the first Medals of Honor earned on foreign soil. Over the following two days twelve more Americans earn Medals of honor...9 sailors and 6 Marines in all.
Medal of Honor given to a member saving the life of another Medal of Honor winner:
31 Oct 1972: Navy SEAL Michael Thornton performs the last Medal of Honor action of the Vietnam war, saving the life of his SEAL Team Leader Lt. Tommy Norris. Six months earlier Norris had been submitted for the Medal of Honor for heroic actions to rescue downed pilots. It was the first time since the battle at the Citadel in Korea in 1871 that a Medal of Honor was awarded for saving the life of a Medal of Honor recipient. (This, though Norris did not receive his award until 1976.)
Interesting huh?
Craig (PIRGifts.com)
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