"No WWI Medal of Honor for MacArthur" Topic
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 Editor in Chief Bill   | 30 Jul 2020 1:36 p.m. PST |
You were asked to decide – TMP link Douglas MacArthur was nominated for the Medal of Honor in WWI but did not receive it. Should he have? 51% said "no, he should not have received the Medal of Honor" 4% said "yes, he should have received the Medal of Honor" |
| Bill N | 31 Jul 2020 3:21 p.m. PST |
While 38% registered that they had no opinion. |
Ed Mohrmann  | 31 Jul 2020 5:36 p.m. PST |
Wonder if the 51% understood WHY he was nominated
for the award or if the votes were part of the
'Dugout Doug' hysteria of post-WWII ? |
| oldjarhead | 01 Aug 2020 8:25 a.m. PST |
I have never understood why he was give The Medal during WW II |
| mghFond | 01 Aug 2020 10:05 a.m. PST |
+1 oldjarhead My Dad served in the Pacific and hated him. He said most of the men in his unit did. |
| Wargamer Blue | 03 Aug 2020 5:47 a.m. PST |
My two grandfathers served in the pacific. They hated him too. |
| 79thPA | 03 Aug 2020 11:38 a.m. PST |
@oldjarhead, politics, public relations and home front morale. |
| AICUSV | 03 Aug 2020 11:57 p.m. PST |
My Dad was a Marine, he hated anyone who wasn't. |
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