5 soldiers who kicked ass in the face of death (and logic)

[zpatman]

http://www.cracked.com/article_19534_5-soldiers-who-kicked-ass-in-face-death-and-logic.html

#1 is particularly bad ass

 

[fc2spyguy]

Holy crap, Army policy to only award one Medal of Honor, probably not too many times that policy has had to be in effect . . .

Makes ya wonder, what would the device be for a second MOH? A set of platinum balls?

 

[brownshoe]

Holy smokes! This from one of the links in the article, a bit more detailed:

“On June 6, just one day after the exploit that earned him the Medal of Honor, First Sergeant Wilson killed 33 more Chinese soldiers with his rifle, bayonet, and hand grenades in another one-man assault. In the process, he reopened the wounds he suffered the day before and was finally evacuated to a hospital. He was again recommended for the Medal of Honor, but Army policy prohibited any man from being awarded more than one. Wilson received the Distinguished Service Cross instead and was commissioned when he returned to the States. He retired from the Army as a major in 1960 and died in Hawaii in 1988.”

 

[Flash]

Holy crap, Army policy to only award one Medal of Honor, probably not too many times that policy has had to be in effect . . .

Makes ya wonder, what would the device be for a second MOH? A set of platinum balls?

It isn't Army policy, it is actually spelled out in the law governing military decorations and awards that was passed 9 July 1918. Reading the actual law though it prohibits not only the awarding of the Medal of Honor more than once but also the Distinguished Service Cross and Distinguished Service Medal as well, awarding them a 'bar' or other device instead (the Brits and Commonwealth issue 'bars' in lieu of a second award instead of the stars of oak leaf clusters we issue). The Medal of Honor Society also says it cannot be awarded twice in their history of the medal (9 July 1918), I am pretty certain they got it right.

 

[Treetop Flyer]

Holy crap, Army policy to only award one Medal of Honor, probably not too many times that policy has had to be in effect . . .

Makes ya wonder, what would the device be for a second MOH? A set of platinum balls?

I bet it would look like this:

 

[Fog]

FWIW, CDR Evans was a USNA graduate & full-blooded Cherokee indian from Oklahoma.

 

[helolumpy]

Holy crap, Army policy to only award one Medal of Honor, probably not too many times that policy has had to be in effect . . .

The MOH Society lists 19 "double recipients".
http://www.cmohs.org/double-recipients.php

 

[blackbart22]

Check out Steve Pless' citation. We were preflight classmates (Class 38-58) and although what he did was unreal, I wasn't all that surprised that he was the only Marine aviator to get the MOH in 'Nam.

 

[Yardstick]

Check out Steve Pless' citation. We were preflight classmates (Class 38-58) and although what he did was unreal, I wasn't all that surprised that he was the only Marine aviator to get the MOH in 'Nam.

From citation:

...When the wounded men were aboard, Maj. Pless maneuvered the helicopter out to sea. Before it became safely airborne, the overloaded aircraft settled 4 times into the water. Displaying superb airmanship, he finally got the helicopter aloft....

Like a boss