Our buddy, Doug Sterner, forwarded an email report of the Facebook page of one Gida Torre Mamaril;<\/p>\n
Sorry, Gida, but there has only been one woman to ever receive the Medal of Honor, Dr. Mary E. Walker, who was awarded the MOH on November 11th, 1865. Unfortunately for you, I know about her because she was born and buried near my alma mater where the student health center is named for her at Oswego State University. While checking my facts, I learned this from the Home of Heroes<\/a>;<\/p>\n There are, however, the names of TWO women on the Roll of Honor. During the Vietnam War Marine Captain Jay R. Vargas received the Medal of Honor. Before his award could be presented to him his mother passed away at home in Arizona. Vargas requested that his mother’s name be engraved on the back of his Medal of Honor instead of his own. President Nixon honored that loving request and the name of M. Sando Vargas….Jay Vargas’ mother…was added to the Honor Roll.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n Of course, it could be one of those countless clone Facebook accounts which are so popular these days, but I couldn’t find anything else on the internet under that name, so….<\/p>\n ADDED:<\/strong> We’ve been contacted by a reader who knows HMCM Gida Mamaril (see Mongo’s comment below) and assures us there was no malicious intent on her part, that she took a picture of a cake that she thought was artfully created, and in our zeal, we mistook the message she was sending. We apologize to HMCM Gida Mamaril for going off half-cocked, but she really should have explained the picture, although the fault is completely mine for not doing my due diligence in this regard. I’ve removed the screenshot and her Facebook link from the link. She has removed the picture.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"