60% of medal of honor recipients are Irish or Irish-American

Re:60% of medal of honor recipients are Irish or Irish-American by burnt-resistor on Saturday August 09, 2025 @12:19PM (#44847759)

I don't know of any MOH recipients in my Irish-American family, but I lost 3 great uncles in WW2 and my grandfather was a paratrooper who survived the war but was wounded in combat (but didn't receive a purple heart) and also injured in a jump. Maybe there is/was an Irish cultural tendency to take the initiative.

Also, some aspects of the stereotype are true: we're violent as fuck, but perhaps that's true of all h. sapiens sapiens.

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Re:60% of medal of honor recipients are Irish or Irish-American by matwood on Saturday August 09, 2025 @12:42PM (#44847953)

My great grandfather, also Irish-American, is buried in Epinal, France. He died fighting in the battle of the bulge. I wonder what part of the US population was Irish-Americans during WW2, and furthermore what percentage of lower incomes were made up by Irish-Americans. That could explain the over representation.

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