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There are now 75 living Medal of Honor recipients. Their average age is 72. This means one of them for every 4.4 million Americans.

If you ever get the opportunity to meet one in person, take it.

Only a small part of the Medal of Honor represents what they did on the battlefield. The majority represents their personal character, and that of their family, friends, city or town, teachers and fellow soldiers, that helped shape that character.

It represents what is best about America.

[South40]

There are now 75 living Medal of Honor recipients. Their average age is 72. This means one of them for every 4.4 million Americans. If you ever get the opportunity to meet one in person, take it.

I met four of them at the funeral service for SSG Ehlers just yesterday. Of the 464 Recipients from WWII only 7 survive. They are indeed a rare breed.

[ErnBatavia]

If you ever get the opportunity to meet one in person, take it.

I got to spend a couple of hours with Mitchell Paige (USMC - Guadalcanal) at his home right here in La Quinta, CA......his wife and my mother were DAR buddies, and she got it arranged for me to meet with him and have him autograph my "Mitchell Paige G.I.Joe".

His 'study' was amazing, and chock full of memorabilia....I've got photos someplace.