Medal of Honor Question
So heres a question. I just finished Lone Survivor. Good book gave me chills. The question comes with regards to the MOH that Lt Murphy was awarded. I absoloutly agree that his actions deserve such a decoration. There was a marine recently that was awarded the silver star and the reason given for not receiving the MOH was that there were not two other marines there to witness his actions. If this were truly the case how could Lt Murphy receive the MOH if there was only one survivor? Again i totally agree that he deserves it, i was just curious if there are hard and fast rules for being awarded.
So heres a question. I just finished Lone Survivor. Good book gave me chills. The question comes with regards to the MOH that Lt Murphy was awarded. I absoloutly agree that his actions deserve such a decoration. There was a marine recently that was awarded the silver star and the reason given for not receiving the MOH was that there were not two other marines there to witness his actions. If this were truly the case how could Lt Murphy receive the MOH if there was only one survivor? Again i totally agree that he deserves it, i was just curious if there are hard and fast rules for being awarded.