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Boundary Condition #3 (1)
Christmas night 1776: As General Washington kneels to pray, the candle of life for an emerging ideal flickers, a river, a bitter cold march, a battle and the fate of a nation await.  Even in victory, much defeat is still to  come with yet another horrible winter at Valley Forge to be [...]

For conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty: 

Specialist Salvatore A. Giunta distinguished himself conspicuously by gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty in action with an armed enemy in the Korengal Valley, Afghanistan, on October [...]

Veterans Day 2010
In high school, Joleta McNelis was never far away from a man she had never met. She carried Lt. John “Jack” Ensch in her heart — and on her wrist.  Aside from his name, the only thing McNelis knew about Ensch was the date his fighter jet was shot down over North Vietnam: 8-25-72. [...]

Battle of Midway, Commanding Officer, USS Enterprise, Serial 0133 of 8 June 1942
At Sea June 8, 1942
From: The Commanding Officer.
To: The Commander-in-Chief, U.S. Pacific Fleet
Via: Commander Task Force Sixteen.
(Rear Admiral R.A. Spruance, U.S. Navy).
Subject: Battle of Midway Island, June 4 – 6, 1942—Report of.
1.) The attack delivered upon enemy carriers by the torpedo squadrons of [...]

Addendum to the previous post “Testimony of Pilot: I am a dragon, America the beautiful like you will never know”

For Marie Rossi,  Pat Patterson, Sam Dorn, Gary Shank, Smokey Tolbert, John Lindahl, Gene Goodrow, Mike Bixel, Mike McCormick,  Ray Donnelly, Arlo Clark, Harry Hicks, Chuck Andres, and Randy Anderson. 
You are remembered – You live on -  Great [...]

I think ordinary Americans do a pretty good job remembering  our vets and in  particular, those who have given their lives in service of this country.  I like hearing the stories about folks in airports recognizing those in uniform as they return home.  But its always been important for me, on a very  personal level [...]