Note to Becky Martinette
Although we explained the hardware that went on our ETO ribbons, we did not answer your question, "what medals were given for what and to whom?". This is a hard question to answer. Most of us were doing all we could to defeat the people who had brutalized the territory they had overrun and were hell bent on imposing their will on the rest of the world. Those who thought appeasement was the way to satisfy their appetite for conquest merely whetted it. We went from one tough combat job to another and didn’t do much looking back to see who deserved medals. Someone had to know about it then have the time and talent to write upa recommendation for one of the medals listed at the enc of Mail Call 578, get it through a typewriter and get higher headquarters to approve it. If higher Hq. was the 13the Division, those guys who hadn’t seen a day of combat were stingy about recognizing whose who had. If your Father, Maurice White of H Company, was awarded medals, he deserved them. If he wasn’t, he undoubtedly deserved them. I went on many patrols with H Company men. They always performed admirably. We always did what we set out to do. Fortunately, for my memory, I never got any of them killed or wounded. I could say that was luck, which would not be wrong, but there was a lot of planning, prayer and intelligent execution that went into each patrol. Then the men along with you had to do the job. I would be surprised if your father was not on some of my patrols, probably as a scout. If he was and didn’t get a medal for it, he was just one of a multitude in the Combat Team members who did their jobs every day and didn’t look back to see who should get the credit.
Howard Hensleigh
I want to thank all of you for our freedom.
Donna Hilliard
Daughter of Silas Don Brown
3rd HQ
Lt. Robert Reber's Platoon.
Cc: ctn_56@hotmail.com
Subject: my dad Capt.George R Monkhouse {pvt}
I was noticing om Decorations{IndivialDecorations} and the list I have my dads papers here his medals he recieved while with the 5173rd battalion h company .I dont know how to get in touch with a Mr clack Archer who does this .these papers say milatary it says battles and campaigns.Rome_Arno Southern France Ardennes Rineland Central. then it says Decorations and citations it says European-African-Middle Eastern Theater Ribbonw/1SiverBattle Star 1 ServiceStripe 2 Overseas ServiceBars GOOD Conduct Medal Purple HeartMedal i think its GO41517th pir 45 1st Bronze Oak Leaf Cluster.Cluster has a star mark after it.on the bottom of the pape it says remarks it has it says Gowith like a star next to it 23Hq52ndsomething {its starting to fade}1945 2nd Bronze Oak LeafClusterGO orCO 45 hg517 1945 Bronze ServiceArrowhead His army Service Number is 1G 148 110 This paper is Dated 1945. on the top of the page it says enlisted record and of seperation honorable discharge i have 3 of these papers as dad was active reserve the 4th one is from when he retired .i dont know who to pass this to but i think who ever is putting the names on the page.could you make sure it gets into the right hands .thank you so much.carol monkhouse nash ctn_56@hotmail.com.Thanks again
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John Alicki Regimental Hqs.
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John Alicki
OK, I know this is Sunday and we don't normally publish a News & Views on
Sundays any longer, as that's the day we publish the new DC Confidential.
And I know it's not Veterans Day yet, but I figure why wait? Some adult
with an IQ above room temperature needs to grab the Army brass by
the...well, neck...and shake some common sense into them. So here ya go.
This Is Really Starting to Tick Me Off
"Former prisoner of war Jessica Lynch accused the military of using her
capture and dramatic nighttime rescue to sway public support for the war in
Iraq," reports the Associated Press. "Dramatic video of U.S. commandos
whisking the former Army supply clerk from a Nasiriyah hospital to a waiting
chopper April 1 helped cement Lynch's image as a hero. But the 20-year-old
private told ABC's Diane Sawyer there was no reason for her rescue to be
filmed."
You know, a lot of us have been biting our tongue over this Jessica Lynch
"story" for a long time. She wasn't a "hero" in the generally understood
sense; she was a POW. Just like a lot of other soldiers. The real heroes
were the ones who RESCUED her. But who can name even ONE of THEM?
Even Sen. John McCain, a truly heroic figure who suffered for YEARS in the
"Hanoi Hilton," says he shouldn't be called a "hero" since all he did was
get his plane shot down. Jessica got lost and had her Humvee blown up.
What's "heroic" about that? When it comes to heroic actions, I'll take
those guys who risked their lives to rescue that Iraqi woman from a bridge
while under heavy enemy fire any day of the week.
Now, no one wants to take anything away from the fact that Lynch was
severely injured while serving her country in wartime, but the military didn
't use her to "sway public support for the war in Iraq." Come on. Even an
idiot from Palm Beach who can't punch a ballot without leaving a chad
hanging knows Lynch was "used," but only to further the Army's touchy-feely
PC-driven decision to allow women in combat. Not to drum up support for the
war. Heck, support for the war back then was through the roof.
This would be the same Army, by the way, which is now hanging out to dry a
TRUE hero, Lt. Col. Allen West (see below), who used tough but reasonable
tactics under the circumstances to PREVENT other soldiers such as Lynch from
being killed and captured.
We appreciate and honor Private Lynch's service to her country this Veterans
Day, but lament that she's now being used by anti-war liberals to cast
further doubt on America's mission in Iraq, instead of casting doubt on the
dubious - some would say outright stupid - Army decision to put women in
combat and harm's way in order to placate loud-mouthed feminists.
It's LONG past time for Jessica Lynch's 15 minute of fame to be over. Cash
in on your book deal, Jessie, and move on with your life. It may sound
cold, but we have bigger fish to fry.
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