{"id":62635,"date":"2015-11-05T07:25:43","date_gmt":"2015-11-05T12:25:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=62635"},"modified":"2015-11-05T06:42:05","modified_gmt":"2015-11-05T11:42:05","slug":"abcmr-supports-conner-moh-upgrade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=62635","title":{"rendered":"ABCMR Supports Conner MoH Upgrade"},"content":{"rendered":"

Last March, Jonn wrote about a Federal court denying the request<\/a><\/em> to upgrade the Distinguished Service Cross awarded during World War II to 1LT Garlin Murl Conner to the Medal of Honor.\u00a0 The denial was due to strictly legal grounds, based on the expiration of all statutes of limitations for appealing a previous action.<\/p>\n

Since then, there has been further action in the matter.\u00a0 The case was further appealed, to a 3-judge panel of the 6th Circuit Court of Appeals.\u00a0 That panel in turn partially reversed the earlier court\u2019s decision, ordering the matter into mediation.<\/p>\n

The venue apparently chosen for mediation was the Army Board for Correction of Military Records.\u00a0 The ABCMR heard the case; last week, it rendered its decision.<\/p>\n

The ABCMR recommended that the Senior Army Decorations Board recommend an upgrade of Conner\u2019s DSC to the Medal of Honor.<\/p>\n

This isn\u2019t by any means a final decision.\u00a0 The Senior Army Decorations Board must make its recommendation; from there, assuming the Senior Army Decorations Board agrees with the ABCMR it would go to the Senate Armed Services Committee for further consideration.\u00a0 The SASC would then make a recommendation to the POTUS.<\/p>\n

The full process could well take many months longer.\u00a0 But this ABCMR decision supporting the upgrade is a key step forward, and may well be the<\/u> critical turning point in the matter.<\/p>\n

Fox has a longish article on the matter<\/a><\/em>; it has a brief summary of Conner\u2019s World War II heroism (his DSC was not his only decoration for valor), and also details briefly his actions for which he received his DSC. Reading the article is well worth your time.\u00a0 If you do so, be prepared to be awed.<\/p>\n

Let\u2019s hope the Senior Army Decorations Board and SASC move out smartly here.\u00a0 Based on accounts of his actions, it appears that Conner\u2019s heroism on 24 January 1945 indeed was of a nature “above and beyond the call of duty”.\u00a0 Though recognition will now be posthumous, that heroism should be properly recognized.\u00a0 “Poor is the nation that has no heroes, but beggared is one that has and forgets them.”<\/p>\n

And special kudos to Richard Chilton, himself a combat veteran, who has spearheaded recent efforts to have Conner receive the recognition he is due.\u00a0 Well done, sir.\u00a0 Well done indeed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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