Biden aide announces posthumous Medal of Honor
recipient was alive.
A White House military aide made an unfortunate slip during Thursday’s Medal of Honor ceremony, announcing a posthumous decoration when the recipient was very much alive.
“Attention to orders,” read Marine Lt. Col. William Kerrigan, military aide to the president. “The president of the United States of America, authorized by act of Congress March 3, 1863, has posthumously awarded in the name of Congress the Medal of Honor to Staff Sgt. Earl D. Plumlee, United States Army, for conspicuous gallantry at the risk of his life and above and beyond the call of duty.”
As Kerrigan read out the citation, Plumlee stood at attention next to Biden, who proceeded to place the medal around the soldier’s neck.
https://nypost.com/2021/12/16/biden-aide-announces-posthumous-medal-of-honor-for-living-recipient/
A White House military aide made an unfortunate slip during Thursday’s Medal of Honor ceremony, announcing a posthumous decoration when the recipient was very much alive.
“Attention to orders,” read Marine Lt. Col. William Kerrigan, military aide to the president. “The president of the United States of America, authorized by act of Congress March 3, 1863, has posthumously awarded in the name of Congress the Medal of Honor to Staff Sgt. Earl D. Plumlee, United States Army, for conspicuous gallantry at the risk of his life and above and beyond the call of duty.”
As Kerrigan read out the citation, Plumlee stood at attention next to Biden, who proceeded to place the medal around the soldier’s neck.
https://nypost.com/2021/12/16/biden-aide-announces-posthumous-medal-of-honor-for-living-recipient/
