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Um, commonsense. Imagine that you've shouted from the rooftops your beliefs and then you are in a stadium full of people, many of whom greet you with your own personal salute, and then demonstrable evidence is offered in that stadium and around the world, evidence that clearly refutes your theories.
You wouldn't mind at all, right? Right!
I guess you can't answer it either, just another C-Der who comes up with stuff out of thin air and lives by the word assume....
I asked 2 (two) questions and got zip, nada nothing from either you or hothula....
Typical C-Ders, when asked a question on something said since it was based on BS just shuffle the topic around and deflect....
I guess you can't answer it either, just another C-Der who comes up with stuff out of thin air....
Guess you don't understand the concept of common sense either. Oh well.
"In a 1950 Associated Press poll, he was voted the greatest track and field star for the first half of century, outpolling Jim Thorpe by almost three to one.
In 1976, President Ford presented Owens with the Medal of Freedom, the highest honor the U.S. can bestow upon a civilian. . .
A decade after his death, President Bush posthumously awarded Owens the Congressional Medal of Honor. Bush called his victories in Berlin "an unrivaled athletic triumph, but more than that, a triumph for all humanity." http://espn.go.com/sportscentury/features/00016393.html
One has to believe that on that cool April morning in Berlin 1945, Hitler knew it was all over with the Soviets getting closer. All of his dreams, all of his plans, everything was crashing down around him.
As he raised his Walther pistol to his head his last thought must have been "DAMN that fast negro Jesse Owens!!!".
A decade after his death, President Bush posthumously awarded Owens the Congressional Medal of Honor. Bush called his victories in Berlin "an unrivaled athletic triumph, but more than that, a triumph for all humanity." ESPN.com: Owens pierced a myth
Helen, it is not the Congressional Medal of Honor. It is actually the Medal of Honor.
Owens was not awarded the Medal of Honor. It is strictly a military award, and is awarded for acts of valor above and beyond the call of duty.
Owens received the following presidential awards:
In 1976, Jesse was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the highest award bestowed upon a civilian, by Gerald R. Ford.
Owens was posthumously awarded the Congressional Gold Medal in 1990 by President George H.W. Bush
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