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Bucky

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28. The Medal of Honor was also overused and misapplied for a while in the Gilded Age

Reply to Dukkha (Reply #18)

Wed Feb 3, 2021, 01:30 PM

Feb 2021

It's respected now because it is, once again, being used sparingly for truly extraordinary acts of heroism.

The Medal of Freedom should be treated with the same respect. Maybe that can begin by putting an astrix by the names of all who received it from a coward or traitor.

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some other form of recognition Dukkha Feb 2021 #18

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