PFC Lynch gets a Bronze Star?

From: artkramr@a

Ya mean all you gotta do is get hit by fighters and you get a SIlver Star???
Where the hell is mine?

As luck would have it, the B-26 LBJ was on aborted before reaching the target
and being engaged by Zeros. So the citation for the SS is misleading. It's not
the only such citation that is not entirely accurate.
Johnson had joined Lt. Col. Francis Stevens and Col. Samuel Anderson, both on
George C. Marshall's staff and sent by him to review the situation in New
Guinea. The B-26 Stevens was on was shot down and all aboard killed. Anderson
made it back and reported to MacArthur personally, accompanied by Johnson.
MacA awarded both men Silver Stars and awarded Stevens the DSC posthumously.
Objectively, I suppose none of the men deserved medals. Apparently none of the
B-26 crew members received medals for the mission.
Interestingly, in Harold Ickes diary, he writes of this episode that MacArthur
offered Johnson the medal but that Johnson declined. Only some time later did
Johnson receive the citation and medal in the mail. Of course, throughout his
career Johnson never missed an opportunity to wear the Silver Star pin in his
lapel.


Chris Mark

As luck would have it, the B-26 LBJ was on aborted before reaching the target
and being engaged by Zeros. So the citation for the SS is misleading. It's not
the only such citation that is not entirely accurate.

Thanks for confirming that. I remembered it as the case but didn't
have anything here to back it up.

And remember that Johnson got the Silver, not the Bronze.

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You're comparing apples to oranges. She got into a auto accident.

You are assuming that the Army wants the world to know the truth about how
Jessica really got all of those injuries, aren't you? Already, Jessica's sister
has asked to be released from her enlistment contract. Do you think that she
knows something about what happened to Jessica that the rest of you don't know?
How many potential female recruits would walk away from the recruiting office
once they learned what really happened to Jessica...saying to themselves that
they did NOT want to be the next Jessica Lynch? Think about it, Jessica has not
been treated in the military hospitals as a motor vehicle accident victim. She
has been treated just like a rape and torture victim. In case you didn't read
the latest issue of Newsweek, it has now been reported that Jessica was
captured standing upright...hardly possible with two broken legs from a truck
wreck.... The truth will come out....and many will not like it....

Jerry Hall