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Pity it took 26 years after his death to get it though. Paperwork that was originally submitted twice but got lost was probably lost because he was an indian.
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Man - don't assume. Another friggen conspiracy theory.  Please spare us.
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MOH paperwork doesn't get lost unless people want to make it lost. Race was still a big issue for the military during that time. So yeah, I think it's a pretty good theory. |
Reading the story makes me believe that it was lost on the battle field. If it had gone up the chain of command and got lost then I would believe your theory Brad.
But I would tend to believe if you've been in battle yourself with comrades, you wouldn't care what color or creed he is.......Moving around from battle front to battle front could get things lost................JMHO |
The key to that is "comrades". That award request has to go up every level of command to the approving authority. The military history up to Vietnam had racism/bigotry issues in all levels of command. So it could have been trashed at Battalion, Brigade, Division, Corps, Army, DA, or Pentagon. Once, you might twist my arm to believe "lost". Twice? No way.
Here is a thread on the issue in fact in a military.com forum where I'm not alone in that thought.
http://forums.military.com/1/OpenTop...162632,00.html