A Canadian historian's obsession with the Medal of Honor

[JPL]

Yet, another interesting story regarding a Canadian historian's obsession with the US Medal of Honor and Canadian recipients:

Armstrong doesn’t have a U.S. Medal of Honor, but he has discovered many. The 63-year-old tirelessly researches forgotten recipients of the award – Canadians, or would-be Canadians, laid to rest often without recognition from their own country of the battles they fought in the U.S. Civil War. When Armstrong began his research 12 years ago, there were 54 known Canadian recipients of the Medal of Honor. His work has unearthed another 50.

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Jean-Paul