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Originally Posted by AussieNick Exactly, or a war's quota has been reached. For example Australia got an allowance of 4 VC's for the Vietnam war, all of them were awarded and there were numerous other nominations but they were all downgraded due to award limitations |
That's exactly what the 101st Airborne did on D-Day. General Taylor allowed only one Medal of Honor for the entire division which was awarded to Lt. Col. Cole for his bayonet charge at Carentan. Then guys like
Harrison Summers who were nominated for the MoH were downgraded to the Distinguished Service Cross.