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Per a CNN article posted today, the Whitehouse announced today that 1st Lt. Alonzo Cushing would receive the Congressional Medal of Honor for his actions at Gettysburg. Nice piece and long overdue!
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Paul Manzo
Never had I seen an army that looked more like work......Col. Garnet Wolseley -
Re: Cushing to finally recieve Congressional Medal of Honor
Here is the link to the ABC article. Good to see they still recognize heroes from a time a lot of people have forgotten.
Don Woods
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Re: Cushing to finally recieve Congressional Medal of Honor
This has been a long drawn out effort. SEN Feingold introduced legislation in 2002, in 2010 the Army agreed and Sec Army McHugh recommended awarding the medal, and finally we got Congress and the Administration to get off their butts and make an easy decision to do the right thing. Cushing should have gotten the medal when Fuger was awarded it.Frank Siltman
24th Mo Vol Inf
Cannoneer, US Army FA Museum Gun Crew
Member, Oklahoma Civil War Sesquicentennial Commission
Company of Military Historians
Lawton/Fort Sill, OK
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