Why Are There No Living Medal Of Honor Recipients For The Iraq War? -- Washington Post
As of Friday, the White House had officially selected three living veterans of the Afghanistan war to receive the Medal of Honor.
The number of living American troops who have been awarded the nation’s highest military decoration for service in Iraq: Zero.
It’s a curious twist in the history of America’s recent conflicts. While the Iraq war at its peak involved more troops than the Afghan war — and while far more American troops gave their lives in Iraq than have so far died in Afghanistan — neither President George W. Bush nor President Obama ever draped the medal around the neck of a service member being honored for gallantry in battle in Iraq.
Four U.S. servicemen did receive the medal for service in that conflict, but posthumously.
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My Comment: I am sure that one day a living Medal of Honor recipient will be named for his/her actions in the Iraq war .... but that day is not today.
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