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WhoMe · 12-02-2004, 01:17 PM

"The President, in the name of Congress, has awarded more than 3,400 Medals of Honor to our nation's bravest Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen, Marines, and Coast Guardsmen since the decoration's creation in 1861."

Among these citations are 14 medals of honor to participants who massacred Indians at Wounded Knee. Is there any honor in this?

I am wanting to get points of view from Indians currently in the army as well and Indian veterans.

Many medals of honor are given "posthumously" to families of deceased veterans.

Can these medals posthumously be revoked if the medal winner received their honor by unprovoked attacks retreating and UNARMED women and children?

What do you think?

12-02-2004, 01:17 PM	#1 (permalink)
WhoMe PauWau Coordinator Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Land of 370 Broken Treaties Posts: 5,559	Medal of Honor for Wounded Knee? "The President, in the name of Congress, has awarded more than 3,400 Medals of Honor to our nation's bravest Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen, Marines, and Coast Guardsmen since the decoration's creation in 1861." Among these citations are 14 medals of honor to participants who massacred Indians at Wounded Knee. Is there any honor in this? I am wanting to get points of view from Indians currently in the army as well and Indian veterans. Many medals of honor are given "posthumously" to families of deceased veterans. Can these medals posthumously be revoked if the medal winner received their honor by unprovoked attacks retreating and UNARMED women and children? What do you think? __________________ "Today, recognizing and respecting the origins of powwow aids in our Cultural Survival. If enough people break the rules because they are not satisfied...."We will have no culture." WhoMe Last edited by WhoMe; 12-03-2004 at 01:12 PM.