Dick Winters, Band of Brothers

[Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984]

From. https://militaryhallofhonor.com/honoree-record.php?id=3239#:~:text=Winters was recommended for the,to Lieutenant Colonel Robert G.
 

Winters was recommended for the Medal of Honor for his leadership at Brécourt Manor, but due to the quota system which limited the distribution of the award to only one per division, and since one Medal of Honor had already been awarded-to Lieutenant Colonel Robert G. Cole-the recommendation was downgraded to the Distinguished Service Cross, the U.S. Army's second highest award for valor. After the release of the Band of Brothers television miniseries, a letter-writing campaign to have Winters awarded the Medal of Honor began, but so far without success. Currently, Rep. Tim Holden (D-PA) introduced HR 3121 (111th) "To authorize and request the President to award the Medal of Honor to Richard D. Winters, of Hershey, Pennsylvania, for acts of valor on June 6, 1944, in Normandy, France, while an officer in the 101st Airborne Division." The bill has been referred to the House Armed Services Committee and the House Armed Services Committee, Subcommittee on Military Personnel.

[Forty Rod SASS 3935]

Stupity reigns even now.  Quotas lead to misplaced everything!

[Abilene Slim SASS 81783]

Imagine sitting in on a meeting where the flag officer(s) try to make the one-per-division rule sound rational to a combat vet.