Thread: Most Medal of Honors in a single battle ?
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Old 07-21-2006, 16:20 PM   #3 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by troung
Last I heard so many VCS were given because that was the only award to give at the time...
And the government had to salvage what they could from a disaster. Without some PR help right quick, the war may have ended after Isandlhwana.

That said, though, there WERE real heroics at Rorke's Drift.
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