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Medal of Honor Recipient… noone who ever earned a Medal of Honor won anything. ever. its not a race or competition, most who have had one wish they didnt.
I think the title “Medal of Honor Winners” should be changed. Winner means they went into a competition like an Olympic event. I’m sure that was not on their minds when they performed their heroic deeds. I prefer the word “awarded” the MOH since it’s conferred by Congress.
Roy Benevidez and Dan Daly have the most badass MoH stories.
Sorry, but Roosevelt's actions existed only in the writing of his publicist. He did NOT lead any daring charge, he and his "Rough Riders" followed two negro regiments ("Buffalo Soldiers"), that, together with a regular (white) cavalry regiment, in fact were the first to reach the top of Kettle Hill (not San Juan hill, there is no such thing). One of the first men reaching the Spanish trenches of top of the ridge line was Lt.Ord (D Comp, 10th Cavalry (negro)), son of General Ord, who was soon fatally wounded leading his company of negro soldiers up that slope. Also a much braver person reaching the top before TR was (black) Sgt.George Berry, who not only carried the flag of the 10th Cavalry but also that of the (white) 3rd Cavalry. Also, it is documented that TR was greeted when reaching the top of Kettle Hill by one 1st Lt. John "Black Jack" Pershing, also a white officer of the black 10th Cavalry.
Lt.Ord and Sgt.Berry are much more deserving, to this day, to be awarded the MoH. Also without any recognition for his actions is Lt. John Parker of a Gatling gun attachment on the next ridge south of the San Juan Heights who took the initiative (and against initial orders of the artillery commander) used his 3 working Gatling guns to pour defilating fire on the trench on top of the Sun Juan Heights, which allowed the US troops to get up the slope in the first place without being cut down by the much more precise and faster firing Mauser rifle equipped Spaniards defending the ridge.
The myth of "the charge of the Rough Riders" is only a fiction of TR's publicist, who also commissioned the (in)famous painting (without actually have been anywhere near the actual battle). Furthered is this myth by an equally (in)famous photograph of TR and soldiers of the 1st Volunteer Cavalry (the official designation of the "Rough Riders") posing with the US flag on top of Kettle Hill, which is actually a version of the original photo with the soldiers of the 10th and 3rd Cavalry to the left and right having been cropped out. This, together with the supposedly sinking of the Maine (which was actually an accident on board due to negligence) was all fake news and propaganda by the US press, lead chiefly by the publishers Hearst and Pulitzer.
SAMUEL S TRIPLETT. My ancestor got the Medal of Honor during the Spanish American war. "On board the U.S.S. Marblehead at the approaches to Caimanera, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, 26 and 27 July 1898. Displaying heroism, Triplett took part in the perilous work of sweeping for and disabling 27 contact mines during this period."
You get a medal of honor for bravery above and beyond the call of duty, and when part of your duty is to potentially lay your life down well you get the idea.
WOW 3 they’re poor mom…
Recipients…this isn't a medal you win…
Thank you but we need a part 2 of these. I know of a 10 or more great Recipients you could tell the story off
Maybe the Victoria Cross is some sort of Cracker Jack prize where you come from but here in the United States the congressional Medal of Honor is something that you respect. That's why we say that you've received a medal not won one.
Should take a look at some of the more modern recipients. There's no way to properly honor them all, but so many peoples' stories and sacrifices deserve to be told more
Fun trivia: the last Medal of Honor pension for a Civil War recipient was paid out in the 1990's. A guy who won it in the 1860's proceeded to live a very long life, and when he was very elderly in the 1930's he got legally married to his great-grandson's girlfriend, which entitled her to widow's benefits.
He passed away the next year and she immediately married the young man, of course, but she did also continue to recieve those widow's benefits until she passed away, having also lived a long life, in the 1990's, some 130 years after the medal was awarded. Some people do know how to work the system and plan for the long term 🙂
PS/BTW: today, a Medal of Honor pension is worth over $1400 per month. That's a nice sum to add to the family income for all that time, the equivalent of over 2 million today's dollars over the years.
What a nice story about a bit if tin. How about one on a real medal like the VC ?
I'm from Fairfield County. Ohio!! That building is on Main Street and I've passed it hundreds of times.
Very well put together video, once again.
BUT ONE THING I HATE is when people say "winning" a military service medal!! These outstanding people were Awarded their Medal Of Honor! No one in the services is there to "win a medal," and if they are they most likely shouldn't be there to begin with.
You might say its just semantics, but the wrong words can be very disrespectful
Medal of honour recipients duly deserved. Please do a similar post on Victoria Cross recipients.
Now do the British Victoria Cross, the honour that is rarely presented to the living, and when it is awarded, to say a private, the wearer no longer needs to salute officers (but they generally still do) and other ranks either above or below will salute the medal (or ribbon) on the wearers chest.
Like the Medal of Honor, the VC is the highest award for military valour in the UK and Commonwealth, and like the MOH requires acts of courage of an almost suicidal level of bravery, and as such isn’t awarded often.
0:40 – Chapter 1 – Jacob parrot
3:00 – Mid roll ads
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4:50 – Chapter 2 – Willie johnston
7:05 – Chapter 3 – Thomas custer
10:20 – Chapter 4 – Theodore roosevelt
13:40 – Chapter 5 – Larry taylor
Recipients* War isn't a game with medals for the best players.
Surely a MOH is earned, not won? – Or is that just me?
Still a great video though!
5 more please!!!!
You need to do a video on VC recipients.
You do great work. Thank you for sharing the true story of Admiral Stockdale.
Your a good story teller… I live in South Mississippi and rarely watch anything like this but I enjoy your channels
It's kind of sad these men risked their lives to save people that were ultimately only in the trouble they were in because the government men said jump as high as you can for as long as you can,and all the dumb people said SURE! LOL If all you get for that shit is a medal,I'd prefer to stay out of someone else's war then.
If you havent already, a great video to do would be one on Audie Murphy. He was one of the most decorated American combat soldiers of World War II.
Flogging? Don’t you mean torture?
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Interested in the Victorian Cross. After a rocky early relationship, we've essentially become permanent allies. I like to imagine as the UK was diminishing in the early 20th Century, America stood up from its lawn chair, turned to Britain and said, "Hold me beer." The Pax Britannica evolved into the Pax Americana.
This video should instead be titled “4 Medal of Honor recipients you’ve probably never heard of”
Odd that all five of the men chosen survived the action for which they received the MOH. A little less than 20% of MOH's have been awarded posthumously.
Something to think about: In order to be awarded the MOH, someone have to still be around to tell the story. How many acts of supreme courage and self-sacrifice have gone unrecognized because there were no survivors?
Your p.c. bias in favour of Union forces in the US civil war shows in this video. There were Confederate soldiers of great valour, too, of course, but no mention of any of them…. You claim to be British: how about pronouncing "lieutenant" the standard British way: "leftehnant"?
Roy Benavidez
Doing a list of some of the most incredible Medal Of Honor recipients, that truly went above and beyond duty, and actively avoiding the World Wars to mention other conflicts, that also called for incredible men, is a nice way to do the video, but not even mentioning Audie Murphy as a side note is a bit strange. His exploits in WW 2 are truly some of the most incredible exploits of any soldier in all of history. One time, he held of like 4 or 5 German tanks and infantry alone with a .50 cal machine gun on a destroyed tank, just so that his men could get away with some wounded. During this, he also found the time to call in artillery strikes on the enemy position, even waiting to the last second and called in an artillery strike on himself, and just barely managed to get away, as the shells hit and decimated the Germans. This is just one of many things he did. His exploits are truly so remarkable, the it just sounds unreal, that one man could do so much. Just one of the reasons he had to play himself in a war movie about himself, bc they couldn't find anyone hardcore enough to play him. But I guess he truly deserves his own video.
I live in Tampa, FL, USA 🇺🇸 from where the Rough Riders departed for Cuba and went to Roosevelt elementary school.
I'm glad lincoln wasn't the one awarding the medal of honor, considering he had none
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Not winner. With all due respect Simon, It's not a God damn sporting event.
Master Sergeant 3rd/75th U.S. Army(retired).
You don’t “win” the Medal of Honor, and it’s not a prize. I understand that this was an honest mistake since you aren’t American, but I just wanted to point it out because I’m sure some US veterans won’t like how the video is worded
Where’s Dan daley? He won two moh and they actually had to change the law about them so he didn’t win a third one.
It's not a prize and there are no winners of the medal. They are recipients who were awarded the medal.
Awarded and recipient even earned is ok but NEVER winner!
Importantly, Jacob Parrott's great locomotive chase is re-enacted in one of the greatest Drunk History episodes. Martin Starr as the Confederate conductor.
The Medal of Honor hasn’t always been awarded with, well, honor. These were handed out during the “Indian Wars” to people who weren’t worthy of it. We have incredibly high standards for the MOH today, & have for a century, but even some of those listed by Simon wouldn’t receive the MOH today.
I'm a Coast guard veteran. I'd like to see a video like this about the one USCG medal of honor recipient Douglas A Monroe. Huge fan of the entire Whistlerverce
How to become a recipient of a medal of honor. 1) End up in a truly awful situation 2) Do something no sane person would do in the face of impossible odds to save lives or ensure victory 3) Have the right brass push your nomination 4) If alive, leave the military because 0-10's would end up saluting you, if posthumous well, that is that.