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Men of honor: among the elite fellowship of those who have earned our nation's highest decoration, the Medal of Honor, the John Birch society is well represented.
The Medal of Honor has been called our nation's rarest gem. Of the millions of men who have served in our Armed Forces from Pearl Harbor to Somalia, only 842 have received this decoration for heroism above and beyond the call of duty. As of April 13, 2003 there were 137 living Medal of Honor recipients.
Hero at Pearl Harbor
When Japanese war planes attacked Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, John Finn was stationed at nearby Kaneohe Bay Naval Air Station. According to his Medal of Honor citation, he manned a .50 caliber machine gun in an exposed area tinder heavy strafing fire. "Although painfully wounded many times," it reads, "he continued to man this gun and to return the enemy's fire vigorously and with telling effect throughout the enemy strafing and bombing attacks and with complete disregard for his own personal safety."
John and his wife Alice joined The John Birch Society in the 1960s. At age 94, John Finn is the oldest living Medal of Honor recipient and is also the last surviving recipient from Pearl Harbor.
A Courageous Leader
Col. Lewis Millett served in World War II, Korea, and Vietnam. His medal of Honor citation records that in Korea he "distinguished himself by conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity above and beyond the call of duty," in a charge to free a platoon pinned down by heavy enemy fire. According to the citation: "Capt. Millett ordered the 3d Platoon forward, placed himself at the head of the 2 platoons, and, with fixed bayonet, led the assault up the fire-swept hill. In the fierce charge Capt. Millett bayoneted 2 enemy soldiers and boldly continued on, throwing grenades, clubbing and bayoneting the enemy, while urging his men forward by shouting encouragement. Despite vicious opposing fire, the whirlwind hand-to-hand assault carried to the crest of the hill. His dauntless leadership and personal courage so inspired his men that they stormed into the hostile position and used their bayonets with such lethal effect that the enemy fled in wild disorder."
Col. Millett retired from the Army in 1973, but never stopped ...
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- Magazine article from: The New American Grigg, William Norman March 10, 2003 700+ words
...particularly that involving the John Birch Society (JBS). In this case, the small...the "final renunciation of the John Birch Society under Robert Welch," led by Buckley...was a sacred principle of the John Birch Society." In 2000, after Golitsyn's predictions...
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- Magazine article from: The New American Mass, Warren June 28, 2004 700+ words
...Establishment as Mr. Nixon. Several years earlier, when John Birch Society Founder Robert Welch drew a parallel between Korea and Vietnam...so soon forgotten Korea?" asked Mr. Welch in The John Birch Society Bulletin for August 1965, published at a time when our military...
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