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minus-squareEvil_Shrubberylinkfedilinkarrow-up11·5 months agowiki/Wounded_Knee_Massacre#Medals_of_Honor
minus-squarejordanlund@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·5 months ago“For this 1890 campaign, the U.S. Army awarded 31 Medals of Honor, 19 specifically for service at Wounded Knee.[7][8][56] 18 were awarded in the months after the massacre, and two more awarded in 1893 and 1897 respectively.[57]” Why weren’t these medals pulled 100 years ago?
minus-squaretheneverfox@pawb.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·5 months agoBecause when troops fuck up, you can either own it or give them a medal and call it a win. It’s very common, there’s a lot of highly decorated war criminals out there
minus-squareEvil_Shrubberylinkfedilinkarrow-up2·5 months ago fuck up A series of more or less planned events over generations.
wiki/Wounded_Knee_Massacre#Medals_of_Honor
“For this 1890 campaign, the U.S. Army awarded 31 Medals of Honor, 19 specifically for service at Wounded Knee.[7][8][56] 18 were awarded in the months after the massacre, and two more awarded in 1893 and 1897 respectively.[57]”
Why weren’t these medals pulled 100 years ago?
Because when troops fuck up, you can either own it or give them a medal and call it a win.
It’s very common, there’s a lot of highly decorated war criminals out there
A series of more or less planned events over generations.