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ARMY Version of CONGRESSIONAL MEDAL OG HONOROn February 12 at a White House ceremony the president award Army Staff Sgt. Clint Romesha the Congressional Medal of Honor, our nation's highest military honor.
For conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty...
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“The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.”
― Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
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One man come in the name of love One man come and go One man come here to justify One man to overthrow In the name of love! One man in the name of love In the name of love!... Full lyrics here
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We met World War II veteran Lucy Cohn on an Honor Flight trip in May 2011. That experience had a profound experience on us and I think it will make an impression on you, too. Her story is here—Clay Broga –producer , “Honor Flight”
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In 1858, Abraham Lincoln warned that
"A house divided against itself cannot stand."
But at the time, most Americans were confident that the forces of cohesion in the young republic would continue to triumph over the forces of division.
General Ulysses S. Grant came to the attention of President Lincoln and the nation when in February 1862 Grant captured two Confederate garrisons on the Tennessee River, Fort Henry and Fort Donelson. "U. S." Grant got the nickname "Unconditional Surrender" Grant after he demanded unconditional surrender from the Confederate commander of Fort Donelson. When his superior in the West, General Henry W. Halleck, was transferred to Washington that summer, Grant took over command of the Union Army along the Mississippi River and began his career trajectory to command of the entire Union army in 1864.
Considered among the greatest of military memoirs, these two volumes were an immediate bestseller. With the help of his publisher, Mark Twain, Grant wrote to the last month of his life to leave a legacy for his family after being defrauded a year earlier of his estate.
Grant wrote his memoir out of financial necessity as a dying man; he completed the manuscript within days of his death.
Wednesday, February 13, 2013 at 11:40 AM ARMY Version of CONGRESSIONAL MEDAL OG HONOROn February 12 at a White House ceremony the president award Army Staff Sgt. Clint Romesha the Congressional Medal of Honor, our nation's highest military honor.
