# Why have no living soldiers received the Medal of Honor in Afghanistan or Iraq?

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**Created:** [April 27, 2010, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-have-no-living-soldiers-received-the-medal-of-honor-in-afghanistan-or-iraq/537545 "2010-04-27T18:27:45Z")\
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**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\
**Post date:** [September 16, 2011, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-have-no-living-soldiers-received-the-medal-of-honor-in-afghanistan-or-iraq/537545/41 "2011-09-16T22:13:33Z")

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More on Meyer’s officers’ screwups. Too many typos, but interesting: [http://security.blogs.cnn.com/2011/09/16/in-medal-of-honor-battle-senior-officers-failed/?&hpt=hp\_c2](http://security.blogs.cnn.com/2011/09/16/in-medal-of-honor-battle-senior-officers-failed/?&hpt=hp_c2)

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