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            <title>Today&apos;s Medal of Honor Moment for 1 August</title>
            <description><![CDATA[This is an unusual day for the Medal. 1 August was unmarked by Medal actions until World War II.Until 1 August, 1943.&nbsp; Operation Tidal Wave, when 5 Medals, 3 of them posthumous, emerged from the flaming avgas and tumbling wreckage of Army Air&nbsp;Force bombers during the first raid on the massive (and massively defended) oil refinery operation&nbsp;at Ploesti, Rumania.&nbsp; 54 of the 177 bombers were lost and 532 of the 1,726 personnel engaged listed as dead, missing or interned.And the Medal has not made an appearance on this day since. 5 Medals, in the modern era, on one day, in...]]></description>
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            <title>Comment from RetRsvMike on 2009-08-01</title>
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                <![CDATA[unusual day also in that it was the birthday of the US Army Signal Corps' aeronautical division..<br />]]>
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