Posted on Mar 27, 2015
Which badges or medals are more rare than the Medal of Honor?
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As this is a "multiple award" (3rd Award) then wouldn't dual recipients of the Medal of Honor be rarer? 19 of those.
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SSG Robert Webster
CPT (Join to see) - I believe that it is two documented recipients for the triple CMB. Though there is anecdotal evidence that there is a total of five. This badge was the focus of another discussion just a few days ago. That may have sparked this discussion. http://ameddregiment.amedd.army.mil/heraldic/triple.html
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SPC Logan Cameron
SSG Robert Webster - what bothers me personally and professionally is that the CMB is awarded for "Performing medical duties while being engaged by the enemy." the fact that double and triple CMBs are so rare is practically screaming "people aren't being given their awards properly."
...unless there's a reg somewhere where you only get one per deployment or technically one per campaign ribbon, which makes FAR more sense.
...unless there's a reg somewhere where you only get one per deployment or technically one per campaign ribbon, which makes FAR more sense.
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SPC Logan Cameron - I believe this is because the Army classifies each conflict, so right now all of the current conflicts under GWOT and therefore Soldiers cannot be awarded multiple CMBs even if they performed their duties under combat engage in Iraq, Syria, and AFG.
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The Four Chaplains Medal (also known as the Chaplain's Medal of Honor or the Chaplain's Medal for Heroism). It was only awarded 4 times, posthumously to the 4 Army chaplains who went down together onboard the USS Dorchester when it was sunk by a torpedo from the German submarine U-223. It is still an official medal but has never been awarded again.
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Rob, thanks. It's always important to remember Chaplains who were heroes. I served as Weps on Capodanno (FF 1093). She was referred to as the "Flagship of the Chaplain's Corps" and her call sign was NFVC (Father Vincent Capodanno)...
SFC William Farrell
I have a copy of one and I will try and post a picture of it tomorrow. I'm a collector. All four names are on the reverse.
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SCPO William Akin
LCDR Rabbah Rona Matlow - A little aside here.. i was at the Launching/Christening of the Capodanno in Oct. 72... First and only Christening I'd ever attended (I was impressed)
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Tomb Guard Identification Badge. 645 or so times awarded. I earned #320 in 1988
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