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05.25.09 -- 5:30PM

Another site of the day, courtesy of TPM Reader DP. This Army website has the citations for all Medal of Honor recipients (from all services) going back to 1861, when the honor was created. While Memorial Day commemorates those who lost their lives in the country's service, these short descriptions give some flavor of American wars on different continents going back now some 150 years.

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