Of course, the US government then, as now, was ashamed of Captain
McGonagle. Cowering before its master, the government didn’t want
anything to do with a hero who guided his broken, battered and bloodied
ship to safety using the North Star.
When he was awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor for his heroism
in the face of an implacable enemy the US government was afraid to have
him come in the front door to accept the award. Instead he was smuggled
in through the back door, as if his open presence would shame the
sterling reputations of those who had actually contemplated letting his
ship sink forever into the Mediterranean.
***Read article at Mantiq al-Tayr***
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