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CONCIENTIOUS OBJECTOR GIVEN MEDAL

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Corporal Doss receiving the Medal of Honor from
President
Harry S. Truman.


Private First Class Desmond T. Doss of Lynchburg, Virginia,
was presented the Medal of Honor for outstanding bravery
as a combat medic, the first conscientious objector in
American history to receive the nation’s highest military
award.
 

When called on by his country to fight in World War II, Doss,
a dedicated pacifist, registered as a conscientious objector.

Eventually sent to the Pacific theater of war as a medical
corpsman, Doss voluntarily put his life in the utmost peril
during the bloody
Battle for Okinawa, saving dozens of lives
well beyond the call of duty.

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DESMOND THOMAS DOSS, PFC - The First Conscientious Objector Medal of Honor Recipient | Hawaii ...
Desmond Thomas Doss
(February 7, 1919 – March 23, 2006)

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The 2016 film directed by Mel Gibson focuses
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Desmond Doss
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FIRST AFRICAN AMERICAN GRADUATE IN 1877

Henry Ossian Flipper, the first African American cadet to graduate from the United States ...

The Buffalo Soldier Story | Texas State History Museum
Henry Ossian Flipper (March 21, 1856 – April 26, 1940)

Flipper, born into slavery in Thomasville, Georgia, became the
first African American cadet to graduate from the United States
Military Academy at West
Point
, New New York on June 14, 1877.

After losing his commission in the Army, Henry Flipper
worked throughout Mexico and Latin America as an
assistant to the
Secretary of the Interior. He retired
to Atlanta in 1931 and died of natural causes.

 


 


West Point’s Critical Role in the American Revolution | HISTORY

West Point in the Making of America, 1802–1918 | National Museum of American History

The United States Military Academy—the first military school
in America—was founded by Congress in 1802 for the purpose
of educating and training young men in the theory and practice
of military science.

About West Point | United States Military Academy West Point

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‘’I CAME THROUGH AND I SHALL RETURN”

Douglas MacArthur (Stars and Stripes Forever) - Mock Elections Wiki
Douglas MacArthur (26 January 1880 – 5 April 1964)

After struggling against great odds to save the Philippines
from Japanese conquest, U.S. General
Douglas MacArthur
abandons the island fortress of Corregidor under orders
from President Franklin Roosevelt. Left behind at Corregidor
and on the Bataan Peninsula were 90,000 American and
Filipino troops, who, lacking food, supplies and support,
would soon succumb to the Japanese offensive.

Gen. Douglas MacArthur and his family left the Philippine
island of Corregidor
on this day in history, March 11, 1942. 

President Franklin Delano Roosevelt ordered MacArthur to
leave the island after it became clear it was no longer safe
for MacArthur to remain with his troops, notes the History
Channel website.

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Franklin Delano Roosevelt
(January 30, 1882 – April 12, 1945)

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ARMY OFFICER CHARGED WITH WAR CRIMES

Ernest Medina - Alchetron, The Free Social Encyclopedia

On this day in 1970, the U.S. Army accused Capt. Ernest Medina
and four other soldiers of committing
crimes at My Lai (also
known as Songmy) in March 1968. The charges ranged from premeditated murder to rape and the “maiming” of a suspect
under interrogation. Medina was the company commander of
Lt. William Calley and other soldiers charged with murder and
numerous crimes at My Lai 4 in Song My village.

Obituary | Ernest
Ernest Lou Medina
(August 27, 1936 – May 8, 2018)

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A REMINDER FROM THE PDX RETRO BLOG

     
    
 

In the United States, Flag Day is celebrated on June 14,
it commemorates the adoption of the
flag of the United
States
on June 14, 1777, by resolution of the Second
Continental
Congress
.The Flag Resolution, passed on
June 14, 1777, stated: "Resolved, That the flag of the
thirteen United States be thirteen stripes, alternate red
and white; that the union be thirteen stars, white in a
blue field, representing a new constellation."

The United States Army also celebrates the U.S. Army
birthday
on this date; Congress adopted "the American
continental army" after reaching a consensus position
in the Committee of the Whole on June 14, 1775.

In 1916, President Woodrow Wilson issued a proclamation
that officially established June 14 as Flag Day; on August
3, 1949, National Flag Day was established by an
Act of
Congress
.

  
  

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Happy Birthday to the U.S. Army - YouTube

U.S Army Star Logo Flocked Decal image 1

The Great War – Modern World History
Thomas Woodrow Wilson
(December 28, 1856 – February 3, 1924)

  

 

  

     

  

      

     
 


      
       
        
        
        

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