[avacado]

"so hard to read! Thanks"

Indeed it hard to read. I am at work and broke into those pesky "Spring allergies."

[ken5050]

Something curious about this. The battle, and Cpl Clairday's heroic death, occured in Dec 2004..yet only now, 2 1/2 years later does he receive the Navy Cross posthumously.

I suspect that he was up for the CMOH, but that it bounced around in the Pentagon, while the armchair weenies tried to figure out if he should get the Big Medal. IMHO, he definitely merited it.