The Lesser Known Perks of the Medal of Honor are Better Than Being Knighted by the Queen

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Medal of Honor first introduced in 1861 much like in the earliest days of knighthood this is earned via some extremely heroic act done in aid of the United States military but what do you actually get out of either of these things or both as it's actually possible to be both knighted and receive the Medal of Honor and also if you received one which one would be more beneficial to you post Honor as we've covered before in great detail it turns out getting knighted entitles you to just about nothing other than getting to attend a special ceremony where you're knighted and then afterwards you can adopt a title such as sir that says there are more intangible perks such as a slightly higher profile more impressive looking resume potential invites to parties one would not otherwise have been invited to quicker seating at some exclusive restaurants etc but on the whole you officially get basically nothing this lack of official parks is in keeping with historical precedence with the title of Knight throughout history being largely ceremonial in nature especially in the United Kingdom for example as noted by the Royal Collection trust the title in ancient times didn't confer any monetary benefit upon a person since anyone granted the title of Knight would to quote them be expected to have the financial ability to support the honour of knighthood so that he could provide himself with arms armor horses and the required number of armed followers to render military service to his sovereign for a minimum period each year thus disappointingly being knighted today by the Queen does not come with a fiefdom and peasants to work the lands nor any such tangible award not even a badass custom forged sword or armor although we do know of at least one case where an individual who was knighted British author Sir Terry Pratchett went ahead and set such a sword made to commemorate his knighthood and then lamented the loss of the lands that didn't allow him to carry it around in his day-to-day life despite him being an actual knight perhaps because there is little incentive to accept other than the pure honor of it a surprising number of people reportedly about two percent in recent decades including John Cleese and David Bowie have refused knighted for various reasons although what those reasons are aren't typically publicly revealed with exceptions like John Cleese who stated he felt had already received much greater honor having a lemur of a he please I named after him in contrast we could find only one instance of the Medal of Honor recipient requesting not to be considered for it John J Pershing however it didn't matter his letter requesting to stop the nomination process wasn't received until after it was decided his actions weren't quite worthy that said there is one Medal of Honor recipient who would later publicly reject the honor though still be awarded it army chaplain Charlie Liedtke as to what he did to earn it in 1967 his Medal of Honor citation states he was participating in a Search and Destroy operation when Company A came under intense fire from battalion-sized enemy force momentarily stunned from the immediate encounter that ensued the men hugged the ground for cover observing two wounded men chaplain Liedtke moved to within 15 meters of an enemy machine gun position to reach them placing himself between the enemy and the wounded men when there was a brief respite in the fighting he managed to drag them to the relative safety of the landing zone inspired by his courageous actions the company rallied and began placing a heavy volume of fire upon the enemy's positions in a magnificent display of courage and leadership chaplin Liedtke began moving up right through the enemy fire administering law strides to the dying and evacuating the wounded noticing another trapped and seriously wounded man chaplain light he crawled to his aid realizing that the wounded man was too heavy to carry he rolled on his back placed the man on his chest and through sheer determination and force suit crawled back to the landing zone using his elbows and heels to push himself along pausing for breath momentarily he returned to the action and came upon a man entangled in the dense thorny underbrush once more intense enemy fire was directed at him but chaplain Liedtke stood his ground and calmly broke the vines and carried the man to the landing zone for evacuation on several occasions when the landing zone was Sun to small arms and rock afar chaplain Liedtke stood up in the face of hostile fire and personally directed the medevac helicopters into and out of the area with the wounded safely evacuated chaplain light keep return to the perimeter constantly encouraging and inspiring the men upon the unit's relief on the morning of 7th of December 1967 it was discovered that despite painful wounds in the neck and foot chaplain Liedtke but personally carried over 20 men to the landing zone for evacuation during the savage fighting and will just throw it in here that as a priest like he was not armed during any of this like he would later state of his days in the military I was 100% behind over there and putting those communists in their place I had no problem with that I thought I was there doing God's work however after his time in the military he became a pacifist and a very public advocate for peaceful resolution of any conflicts ultimately in 1986 he gave up his medal as an act of political dissent against the US as activities in Central America particularly the u.s. backing various military groups that as for the rest of the approximately 3500 recipients of the Medal of Honor there has been no such other rejection including from any of the over 800 non-us citizens awarded this and no tear as alluded to it's perfectly possible for a UK citizen to be knighted and receive a US Medal of Honor if they perform a sufficiently brave and heroic act while serving with the US military however very unfortunately we found and sifted through just shy of 300 UK born Medal of Honor recipients and couldn't find a single one who was also knighted on the flipside the Queen may also give an honorary knighthood to a u.s. Medal of Honor recipient but we couldn't find any instance of this happening and even if it did an honorary knighthood does not allow the person to use the main perk of being knighted the well-known title that said they can potentially appends the suffix of their rank in the particular order they were appointed to if they want but something like Bill Gates kbe doesn't exactly have the same ring as Sir Bill Gates and yes both Bill Gates and his wife Melinda have been given an honorary Knight and Dame hood if either of them were to become citizens of the UK at some point it is usual for such individuals to then be able to officially use their titles with the knighthood no longer being considered honorary at that point so that's knighted but what are the perks of earning the u.s. Medal of Honor well they are many a turns out we'll start out with arguably the most monetarily valuable lift how much you'd have to pay for the same from commercial airlines is any indication free flights for life you and your family so long as you accompany them basically anywhere in the world the US military is flying this occurs via something known as the space a program in a nutshell if there is space aboard a military plane flying somewhere you can request to join the flight as you might imagine extra space on these flights can sometimes come at a premium but if you happen to be a medal of honor Sippi ins not only is it free for life but you're bumped way up the priority queue from where you'd normally be for a given flight as we've previously covered when airlines have offered similar fly free forever perk packages they charged an arm and a leg for that sort of unlimited flight access for example in 1981 American Airlines sold these at 250,000 dollars about six hundred and forty-one thousand dollars today plat ticket and then later up to one point zero 1 million about 1.7 million dollars today despite this they were still losing money on the program so Jack's the price up to 3 million dollars per ticket about 3.7 million dollars today before finally canceling the program and also trying where possible to revoke previously purchased lifetime passes if they could find any fine print to wriggle themselves out of a deal moving on from the free flights Medal of Honor recipients these days also get a boost of just shy of $1,400 per month in their paying pension and not only this but that boost starts on the day of the deed of the action that earned the person the Medal of Honor even if it's awarded many years later this came up recently when Sergeant David Bellavia earns a Medal of Honor during the Second Battle of Fallujah in 2004 in a nutshell his platoon were clearing a house when they became dangerously pinned down and with one enemy fighter about to shoot a rocket-propelled grenade at them rather than sit around and see his entire platoon wiped out Bellavia decided to go Rambo on them simply jumping up and running at the enemy gunner blazing from there he not only eliminated the immediate threat but also single-handedly cleared the rest of the house of five total enemy fighters including one in a room filled with explosives where he had to switch to hand-to-hand combat due to his concern about blowing the place huh what are the actual Medal of Honor for these acts wasn't granted until 2019 a full 15 years after the event thus he was apparently entitled to well over $200,000 in back pay though due to official policy the exact amount he was given isn't public information on the note of money another financial perk is an additional ten percent boost in retirement pay on top of this the Medal of Honor recipients also get special parking at various military installations as well as access even after retirement at military Morale Welfare and Recreation creation facilities these can include all manner of benefits such as access to gyms pools financial counseling etc moving on from their Medal of Honor recipients also have the ability to wear their uniform anytime they please except for certain political commercial or extremist action purposes they also get a special uniform allowance step end of eight hundred thirty dollars and fifty six cents exemption from the copay on their health insurance automatic invitations to presidential inaugurations and subsequent balls among other events they also take home a nice middle of honor flag and in many states of the US receive educational benefits for themselves and their family as well as a special license plate for their car further it should one or more of their children wish to enroll in a military academy said child can bypass the normal quota restrictions and so long as they are otherwise eligible be granted admission finally the Medal of Honor recipient gets a place in the Arlington National Cemetery for their remains as well as a special gold lettered tombstone one loss perk is not actually official contrary to what is often said but is nonetheless common and that's being saluted by other military personnel regardless of their rank and even regardless of setting or whether the person is in uniform so you could potentially have a four-star general saluting a lowly sergeant standing in his boxers if the latter was a Medal of Honor recipients and the general felt so inclined of course depending on one's personality some of these intangible perks aren't exactly always appreciated for example Medal of Honor recipient Colonel Barney Barnum states one of the downsides is you're on parade all the time and I tell you there are times that you're just gonna walk away from everybody because you get tired of being patted on the back on the note of downsides one issue of the medal of honor compared to how most and Knighton's these days is that the very nature of the requirements to get a medal of honor tend to see about half of all recipients since the start of World War two receive theirs posthumously so unfortunately they are not able to directly take advantage of the perks so for some of the perks their families will at least before we finish we should also mention what happens if you earn more than one medal of honour which 19 of the around 3,500 people who've received a medal of honor have done unfortunately for them according to the code of federal regulations section 38 three points eight zero - in Part B it states a person awarded more than one medal of honor may not receive more than one special pension incidentally as another quick aside there have been two father-son Medal of Honor recipients one being arthur and douglas macarthur and of course as should come as a surprise to no one ever the manliest man to ever man and one of the most amazing people in history President Theodore Roosevelt tacked on a medal of honor to his obscene number of accomplishments later his son Theodore Roosevelt jr. also earned himself one but in the end while there is something at perhaps more Hollywood cool about getting to taxer Dame or lady on to your moniker in stead of the optional and non-standardized MOH or MH as with Medal of Honor recipients at the end of the day the perks of the u.s. Medal of Honor pretty definitively outweigh that of being knighted by the Queen in the UK accomplishing both however is entirely possible but has not yet happened so I really hope you found that video interesting if you did please do smash that thumbs up button below don't forget to subscribe also please do check out our fantastic sponsor cross out they are linked to below and thank you for watching

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Published: Wed Jul 01 2020