Originally Posted by kaywoodie
Yeah. The Marine one was a gimmie! wink.

Always liked ol' Gimlet Eye! We had a pup named for him! He was a little scrapper too!



Butler didn't win the MOH in the Boxer Rebellion. Though nominated by regulation Marine officers were not allowed to receive the MOH at that time.

He won the first in Veracruz in 1914 and the second in Haiti in 1915

http://www.homeofheroes.com/moh/citations_1900_wars/mx_butler_smedley.html


http://www.cmohs.org/recipient-detail/2455/butler-smedley-darlington.php

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