I was talking to my husband about my decision to pull the plug on my support for the petition and he filled me in on more facts regarding the CMOH. I said, am I right in assuming that not very many were ever given out. Yes he replied, in fact only 50 were given out in Vietnam over a period of ten years. And most of those were given posthumously. He said the vast majority were given to men who threw themselves on hand grenades to save their buddies. The criteria is extremely high.
I hope none of you think that I am down-playing anything that Dick Winters did. He was an exceptional soldier and leader and is a man of impeccable character. His deeds shine on and should. But we also have to understand what the army's criteria is and in order to do this we should all educate ourselves by reading more about the CMOH and it's history.
Therefore I present this for your reading pleasure:
Proud Daughter of Walter (Monday) Poniedzialek
540th Engineer Combat Regiment, 2833rd Bn, H&S Co, 4th Platoon
There's "No Bridge Too Far"