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Know Your Medal of Honor Recipients:

Private First Class Lloyd C. Hawks (US Army) received his Medal of Honor for his actions during January 30, 1944, near Carano, Italy. His citation reads:

For gallantry and intrepidity at risk of life above and beyond the call of duty. On 30 January 1944, at 3 p.m., near Carano, Italy, Pfc. Hawks braved an enemy counterattack in order to rescue 2 wounded men who, unable to move, were Iying in an exposed position within 30 yards of the enemy. Two riflemen, attempting the rescue, had been forced to return to their fighting holes by extremely severe enemy machinegun fire, after crawling only 10 yards toward the casualties. An aid man, whom the enemy could plainly identify as such, had been critically wounded in a similar attempt. Pfc. Hawks, nevertheless, crawled 50 yards through a veritable hail of machinegun bullets and flying mortar fragments to a small ditch, administered first aid to his fellow aid man who had sought cover therein, and continued toward the 2 wounded men 50 yards distant. An enemy machinegun bullet penetrated his helmet, knocking it from his head, momentarily stunning him. Thirteen bullets passed through his helmet as it lay on the ground within 6 inches of his body. Pfc. Hawks, crawled to the casualties, administered first aid to the more seriously wounded man and dragged him to a covered position 25 yards distant. Despite continuous automatic fire from positions only 30 yards away and shells which exploded within 25 yards, Pfc. Hawks returned to the second man and administered first aid to him. As he raised himself to obtain bandages from his medical kit his right hip was shattered by a burst of machinegun fire and a second burst splintered his left forearm. Displaying dogged determination and extreme self-control, Pfc. Hawks, despite severe pain and his dangling left arm, completed the task of bandaging the remaining casualty and with superhuman effort dragged him to the same depression to which he had brought the first man. Finding insufficient cover for 3 men at this point, Pfc. Hawks crawled 75 yards in an effort to regain his company, reaching the ditch in which his fellow aid man was lying.

Corporal Harris S. Hawthorne (US Army) received his Medal of Honor for his actions on April 6, 1865, at Sailors Creek, Virginia. His citation reads:

Captured the Confederate Gen. G. W. Custis Lee.

Second Lieutenant Harry L. Hawthorne (US Army) received his Medal of Honor for his actions on December 29, 1890, at Wounded Knee Creek, South Dakota. His citation reads:

Distinguished conduct in battle with hostile Indians.


Does anyone remember what all of the talk was on this date 11 years ago? For all of you kids out there, the big news story the day before the terrorist attacks (and for a couple of hours the morning of the attacks before the planes hit) was the disappearance of Chandra Levy (an intern at the Federal Bureau of Prisons who had been missing since May of 2001). The rumor was that she’d had an affair with then US Representative Gary Condit (a Democrat from California). While he was never named as a suspect, a lot of people thought he either did it or had something to do with it. The media was really going after this guy… and then the planes hit the WTC and for all intents and purposes, 99% of the country forgot all about Chandra Levy and Gary Condit.

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