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Former President Donald Trump recently stated that he believed that the Presidential Medal of Freedom was superior to the Congressional Medal of Honor. As a former U.S. Army draftee, I was appalled by this statement.
Medal of Freedom winners should never, ever be compared to persons such as my former commanding officer in Korea, Lt. Col. Charles P. Murray, Jr., whose valor displayed during D-Day earned him the country’s Congressional Medal of Honor.
To make such a statement diminishes the sacrifices and accomplishments of our warriors.
Bill Lofquist
Makiki
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