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According to a source I read, he was the last Medal of Honor recipient to serve with the Armed Forces after earning the Medal of Honor. Is this confirmable, and should it be included? Orville Eastland ( talk) 23:58, 5 October 2009 (UTC)
The entry on Michael Thornton contains the following statement:"For these actions, Thornton was awarded the Medal of Honor. The medal was formally presented to him by President Richard Nixon during a ceremony at the White House on October 15, 1973. The man Thornton rescued, Thomas Norris, survived his wounds and was awarded the Medal of Honor during the same ceremony for his April 1972 rescue of LtCol Iceal Hambleton and 1stLt Mark Clark from behind enemy lines." So according to this entry, Thomas Norris was awarded the Medal of Honor in October of 1973. However the Wikipedia entry for Thomas Norris states the following:"Norris received the Medal of Honor from President Gerald R. Ford in a White House ceremony on March 6, 1976." Either Norris received his Medal of Honor from Richard Nixon in 1973 or from Gerald Ford in 1976. Obviously one of the entries has to be wrong. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.141.154.28 ( talk) 02:18, 1 August 2012 (UTC)
Not meaning to nitpick, but how did Lieutenant Thornton earn a National Defense Service Medal with two bronze service stars? He should have one star on the award for serving in Vietnam (the original medal) and during the Gulf War (one service star).
The only other two times the NDSM was awarded was for Korea and the War on Terrorism - which he was too young for the former and had retired well before the latter. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.208.149.67 ( talk) 02:51, 7 August 2013 (UTC)
The person who wrote the article got it wrong; or
The additional device was authorized for Grenada or Operation Claw; or
There's a photograph of Lt. Thornton somewhere wearing improper decoration. That seems the least likely. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 73.213.142.170 ( talk) 05:52, 24 May 2015 (UTC)
The Pritzker Military Museum & Library has information in its holdings on Thornton. He is also currently featured in the Museum & Library's exhibit on Navy SEALS, entitled SEAL The Unspoken Sacrifice, which is scheduled to run through December 2014. TeriEmbrey ( talk) 15:01, 6 May 2014 (UTC)
Not moved. There is a clear absence of consensus following extended discussion, and a reasonable policy-based argument that the current title is the most natural disambiguation for this subject. bd2412 T 00:38, 30 July 2018 (UTC)
Michael E. Thornton → Mike Thornton (Medal of Honor) – Biographical entries for Medal of Honor recipients usually depict, as the main title header, the recipient's name in the same form that it appears in the Medal citation. Exceptions are made, however, in cases where the recipient becomes known by a shorter or revised name — Alvin York, not Alvin C. York or Audie Murphy, not Audie L. Murphy. In the same manner, Michael E. Thornton has become better known as "Mike Thornton" — he uses "Mike" in the title of his website and "Mike Thornton" is the pen name he uses on the cover of his book. A related RM is currently active at Talk:Mike Thornton (politician)#Requested move 24 June 2018. Roman Spinner (talk • contribs) 22:36, 27 June 2018 (UTC) --Relisting. bd2412 T 19:24, 13 July 2018 (UTC)
Note: Announcement of this discussion appears at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Military history. Roman Spinner (talk • contribs) 14:01, 29 June 2018 (UTC)
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This article was automatically assessed because at least one article was rated and this bot brought all the other ratings up to at least that level. BetacommandBot 23:53, 27 August 2007 (UTC)
According to a source I read, he was the last Medal of Honor recipient to serve with the Armed Forces after earning the Medal of Honor. Is this confirmable, and should it be included? Orville Eastland ( talk) 23:58, 5 October 2009 (UTC)
The entry on Michael Thornton contains the following statement:"For these actions, Thornton was awarded the Medal of Honor. The medal was formally presented to him by President Richard Nixon during a ceremony at the White House on October 15, 1973. The man Thornton rescued, Thomas Norris, survived his wounds and was awarded the Medal of Honor during the same ceremony for his April 1972 rescue of LtCol Iceal Hambleton and 1stLt Mark Clark from behind enemy lines." So according to this entry, Thomas Norris was awarded the Medal of Honor in October of 1973. However the Wikipedia entry for Thomas Norris states the following:"Norris received the Medal of Honor from President Gerald R. Ford in a White House ceremony on March 6, 1976." Either Norris received his Medal of Honor from Richard Nixon in 1973 or from Gerald Ford in 1976. Obviously one of the entries has to be wrong. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.141.154.28 ( talk) 02:18, 1 August 2012 (UTC)
Not meaning to nitpick, but how did Lieutenant Thornton earn a National Defense Service Medal with two bronze service stars? He should have one star on the award for serving in Vietnam (the original medal) and during the Gulf War (one service star).
The only other two times the NDSM was awarded was for Korea and the War on Terrorism - which he was too young for the former and had retired well before the latter. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.208.149.67 ( talk) 02:51, 7 August 2013 (UTC)
The person who wrote the article got it wrong; or
The additional device was authorized for Grenada or Operation Claw; or
There's a photograph of Lt. Thornton somewhere wearing improper decoration. That seems the least likely. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 73.213.142.170 ( talk) 05:52, 24 May 2015 (UTC)
The Pritzker Military Museum & Library has information in its holdings on Thornton. He is also currently featured in the Museum & Library's exhibit on Navy SEALS, entitled SEAL The Unspoken Sacrifice, which is scheduled to run through December 2014. TeriEmbrey ( talk) 15:01, 6 May 2014 (UTC)
Not moved. There is a clear absence of consensus following extended discussion, and a reasonable policy-based argument that the current title is the most natural disambiguation for this subject. bd2412 T 00:38, 30 July 2018 (UTC)
Michael E. Thornton → Mike Thornton (Medal of Honor) – Biographical entries for Medal of Honor recipients usually depict, as the main title header, the recipient's name in the same form that it appears in the Medal citation. Exceptions are made, however, in cases where the recipient becomes known by a shorter or revised name — Alvin York, not Alvin C. York or Audie Murphy, not Audie L. Murphy. In the same manner, Michael E. Thornton has become better known as "Mike Thornton" — he uses "Mike" in the title of his website and "Mike Thornton" is the pen name he uses on the cover of his book. A related RM is currently active at Talk:Mike Thornton (politician)#Requested move 24 June 2018. Roman Spinner (talk • contribs) 22:36, 27 June 2018 (UTC) --Relisting. bd2412 T 19:24, 13 July 2018 (UTC)
Note: Announcement of this discussion appears at Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Military history. Roman Spinner (talk • contribs) 14:01, 29 June 2018 (UTC)
The following Wikimedia Commons file used on this page has been nominated for deletion:
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Solomon Atkinson 66.104.6.2 ( talk) 18:12, 26 August 2022 (UTC)