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Rossum81 t1_isssjod wrote

Reply to comment by DankVectorz in TIL about some US Marine named Charles Brown who received the Medal of Honor in 1872, but deserted in Shanghai before he could receive it. by dragoniteftw33

First Medals of Honor in a foreign conflict.

Korea was the ‘hermit kingdom’ in those days. Foreign visitors (especially missionaries) were banned. Many sailors who were shipwrecked were executed. As the US was trading heavily with China and Japan, incidents were bound to happen.

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