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Archive: September, 2006

Michigan, Illinois Medal of Honor recipients recognized with MOH flags

A Medal of Honor recipient and the son of a deceased Medal of Honor recipient were presented with Medal of Honor flags recently in Michigan and Illinois. Public Law legislated the creation of a Medal of Honor Flag for presentation to each person to whom a Medal of Honor is awarded after the date of the enactment, Oct. 23, 2002. The flag

Phoenix rises in college town

Student activity around campus at the University of Illinois-Champaign came to an abrupt halt Sept. 14, when two CH-53E Super Stallion helicopters flew over town low and slow on a cross-country training flight. The heavy-lift helicopters, flown by members of Marine Helicopter Training Squadron 302, Marine Corps Air Station, New River, NC, were a