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Common sense eludes too many. I’m here to try and fix that.

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WWI, 1918. Cpl. Alvin York took command after heavy casualties left three other NCOs down. He led seven men against a machine-gun nest pouring fire on his platoon. They took the nest, four officers, 128 men, and several guns. Medal of Honor. #AboveAndBeyond #MedalOfHonor
Sergeant Alvin C. York, US Army, in uniform, 1919 portrait. Public domain.

ALT Sergeant Alvin C. York, US Army, in uniform, 1919 portrait. Public domain.

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No truer words…👇🏻
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@AlixG_2Nov 10
The top 1% made it possible to get anything delivered to your front door within a day. The bottom 1% will steal it off your porch.
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China, 1900. Marine Pvt. Dan Daly earned his first Medal of Honor at Peking. Haiti, 1915. Crossing a river at night, his patrol was hit from three sides by about 400 Cacos. He fought all night and at daybreak helped scatter them. Medal of Honor. #AboveAndBeyond #MedalOfHonor
Gunnery Sgt. Daniel J. Daly, US Marine Corps, double Medal of Honor recipient, in uniform. US Marine Corps photo, public domain.

ALT Gunnery Sgt. Daniel J. Daly, US Marine Corps, double Medal of Honor recipient, in uniform. US Marine Corps photo, public domain.

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WWI, 1918. Pfc. John Barkley fixed a captured machine gun and mounted it in a tank near Cunel. He waited under fire and broke up a counterattack. A 77-mm shell hit the tank. He stayed and broke up a second attack to hold Hill 25. Medal of Honor. #AboveAndBeyond #MedalOfHonor
Pfc. John L. Barkley, US Army, World War I Medal of Honor recipient, in uniform wearing his medals. US Army photo, public domain.

ALT Pfc. John L. Barkley, US Army, World War I Medal of Honor recipient, in uniform wearing his medals. US Army photo, public domain.

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WWII, 1944. Capt. Matt Urban left a hospital and hitchhiked back to his men in France. Limping, he mounted a tank under fire and manned its machine gun. Shot in the neck, he refused evacuation until the objective was taken. Medal of Honor. #AboveAndBeyond #MedalOfHonor
Lt. Col. Matt Urban, US Army, after receiving the Medal of Honor from President Jimmy Carter in 1980. Public domain, US Government photo.

ALT Lt. Col. Matt Urban, US Army, after receiving the Medal of Honor from President Jimmy Carter in 1980. Public domain, US Government photo.

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Korea, 1951. Lewis Millett saw a platoon pinned down on Hill 180. He fixed bayonets and led two platoons up the fire-swept hill, bayoneting the enemy. Grenade fragments hit him. He refused evacuation until the hill was taken. Medal of Honor. #AboveAndBeyond #MedalOfHonor
Retired Col. Lewis Millett, Korean War Medal of Honor recipient, saluting the flag at a 1985 memorial service. US Army photo, public domain.

ALT Retired Col. Lewis Millett, Korean War Medal of Honor recipient, saluting the flag at a 1985 memorial service. US Army photo, public domain.

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Vietnam, 1968. Robert Howard's platoon was hit by about two companies. Wounded and unable to walk, he crawled through fire to drag his lieutenant back. He held them off 3.5 hours and didn't leave until all his men were aboard. Medal of Honor. #AboveAndBeyond #MedalOfHonor
Col. Robert L. Howard, US Army Special Forces, Medal of Honor recipient for Vietnam, in uniform. US Army photo, public domain.

ALT Col. Robert L. Howard, US Army Special Forces, Medal of Honor recipient for Vietnam, in uniform. US Army photo, public domain.

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Civil War. Dan Sickles, Union Third Corps. July 2, 1863, Gettysburg. He fought the Confederate advance at the Peach Orchard. A cannonball mangled his leg. He kept encouraging his men, puffing a cigar as they carried him off. Medal of Honor. #AboveAndBeyond #MedalOfHonor
Portrait of Maj. Gen. Daniel E. Sickles, Union Army, in uniform. Public domain.

ALT Portrait of Maj. Gen. Daniel E. Sickles, Union Army, in uniform. Public domain.

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Korea, 1951. Hershey Miyamura, Army corporal, stayed behind to cover his squad's retreat. He killed an estimated 50+ Chinese soldiers before he was taken. POW for 28 months. His Medal of Honor was kept Top Secret so his captors wouldn't know. #AboveAndBeyond #MedalOfHonor
Staff Sgt. Hiroshi "Hershey" Miyamura, US Army, Medal of Honor recipient for the Korean War, in uniform. US Army photo, public domain.

ALT Staff Sgt. Hiroshi "Hershey" Miyamura, US Army, Medal of Honor recipient for the Korean War, in uniform. US Army photo, public domain.

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WWII. Jack Lucas forged his mom's signature to join the Marines at 14. Iwo Jima, age 17. Two grenades landed near him. He covered both. One went off under him. He lived with about 200 bits of metal in him. Youngest WWII Medal of Honor recipient. #AboveAndBeyond #MedalOfHonor
PFC Jacklyn H. Lucas, US Marine Corps, Medal of Honor recipient for Iwo Jima, in uniform. USMC photo, public domain.

ALT PFC Jacklyn H. Lucas, US Marine Corps, Medal of Honor recipient for Iwo Jima, in uniform. USMC photo, public domain.

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America's top ace survived 40 kills over the Pacific. Every one of them in a P-38 Lightning. He earned the Medal of Honor and was one of the most decorated fighter pilots of the war. He died testing a jet in California on August 6, 1945. The day of Hiroshima.
Maj. Richard Bong, America's top fighter ace of World War II, head-and-shoulders portrait from the 1940s. US Army Air Forces photo, public domain.

ALT Maj. Richard Bong, America's top fighter ace of World War II, head-and-shoulders portrait from the 1940s. US Army Air Forces photo, public domain.

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Dr. Mary Edwards Walker — Civil War
More than 3,500 Americans have received the Medal of Honor. Only one was a woman. Mary Walker graduated from medical school in 1855, the only woman in her class. When the Civil War came, the Army wouldn't commission a female surgeon, so she volunteered anyway and treated soldiers on the front lines. She crossed into enemy territory to care for civilians. The Confederates captured her and held her as a prisoner of war for four months. In 1865 she was awarded the Medal of Honor. In 1917, the government changed the rules and took it back. She refused to return it and wore it every day until she died two years later. In 1977, the Army gave it back. #AboveAndBeyond #MedalOfHonor
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The '55 Task Force. The Jeep is fun till it rains. The Chevy just needs a bed full of firewood and a dog.
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80's Jeep CJ-7 or 1955 Chevrolet 3100 "Task Force" Second Series pickup truck
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Stevie Ray. Slash collects guitars. Stevie called his beat-up Strat "my first wife."
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Settle a bet for me. Stevie Ray Vaughan or Slash ???
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Camaro SS. The Boss 520 is a beast, but I want the one that came that way from the factory.
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1968 Chevrolet Camaro SS or 1969 Ford Mustang Boss 520 built by the custom shop V8 Werk
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Joe Medicine Crow earned Crow war chief in WWII. One requirement: steal an enemy horse. He took 50 from the SS, singing as he rode off. He finished all four war deeds and became the last Plains Indian war chief. In 2009 he got the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
Joe Medicine Crow, last war chief of the Crow Tribe, speaking around 2009. US Department of the Interior photo, public domain.

ALT Joe Medicine Crow, last war chief of the Crow Tribe, speaking around 2009. US Department of the Interior photo, public domain.

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Van Barfoot stopped three Tiger tanks with a bazooka in 1944. That same day he knocked out three machine gun nests and took 17 prisoners. Medal of Honor. At 90 his HOA told him to take down his flagpole. The HOA folded in a week.
Van T. Barfoot in Army uniform wearing the Medal of Honor, circa 1965. US Army photo, public domain.

ALT Van T. Barfoot in Army uniform wearing the Medal of Honor, circa 1965. US Army photo, public domain.

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On his left arm was a tattoo: “Death Before Dishonor” — John Basilone USMC October 1942, Guadalcanal: Thousands of Japanese troops advanced on Henderson Field. Sgt. Basilone commanded two machine gun sections. Ammunition gone and supply lines cut, Basilone ran across enemy lines twice to keep his men’s guns stocked. The line held. Upon receiving the Medal of Honor, he said, “Only part of this medal belongs to me. Pieces of it belong to the boys still on Guadalcanal.” Iwo Jima, Feb. 19, 1945: John pushed his Marines off the beach, destroyed a Japanese blockhouse alone, then guided a trapped tank through a minefield under fire. Sadly, during the battle, a mortar round killed him. He was 28 and had been married only seven months. His wife, Lena, was also a Marine. John was the only enlisted Marine in World War II to receive both the Medal of Honor and the Navy Cross.
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Carlos Hathcock once crawled 1,500 yards over four days and three nights. For one shot. No sleep, inch by inch through an open field, to reach an enemy officer believed to be a general. The Silver Star for it came nearly 30 years later.
Retired Gunnery Sgt. Carlos Hathcock II at the ceremony where he received the Silver Star. US Department of Defense photo, public domain.

ALT Retired Gunnery Sgt. Carlos Hathcock II at the ceremony where he received the Silver Star. US Department of Defense photo, public domain.

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Before Chris Evans played Steve Rogers, “Captain America,” Audie Murphy was the real thing: At 5'5" and 112 lbs., the Marines turned him down, as did the Navy and the Airborne Paratroopers. The Army did take him but without “super soldier serum.” In January 1945, near Holtzwihr, France, six German tanks and 250 infantry attacked his company. 2nd Lt. Murphy ordered his men back to the woods and stayed behind alone, calling down artillery as the Germans closed in. Climbing on top of a burning U.S tank destroyer, which could have exploded at any second, Murphy turned its .50-cal on the Germans. For an hour, he fought from that burning vehicle, calling in artillery between bursts. He took a bullet in the leg and kept firing, killed or wounding about 50 Germans. Then he rallied his men and led the counterattack that drove the Germans out. Along with the Medal of Honor, he received 33 other awards, making him the most decorated American soldier of WWII. #AboveAndBeyond #MedalOfHonor
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