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The Hargeisa Holocaust

“I had been invited to Gary Gordon’s hometown of Lincoln, Maine, to participate in honoring his memory with a ceremony and monument to his courage and professionalism. In order to prepare some remarks for my statement, I got a book on the Medal of Honor from the local library… what I found truly astounded me… in a small pocket, was the library checkout card… the last reader had taken it home almost twenty years before… a young teenager named Gary Gordon.” – Mike Durant, “In the Company of Heroes”, (p.385) In terms of talking about talking about the Medal of Honor, it’s worth pointing out that Robert Howard actually trained Randy Shughart