In a symbol of supreme irony, on Sept. 15, 2012, only two months and 14 days after that hot, fateful morning of July 2, the day they relieved Clint of command of First Platoon and pulled First Platoon off the field permanently, the Secretary of the Army, through Clint’s Brigade Commander, awarded Clint the Army Commendation Medal. Think about that. Clint’s colonel thought so highly of his service as an officer that during the period of time in which the Army high command would decide to railroad him for murder, Col. Bryan Mennes awarded him the prestigious Army Commendation Medal, approved by
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