U.S. Census Bureau Daily Feature for Nov. 9
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WASHINGTON, Nov. 9 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Following is the daily "Profile America" feature from the U.S. Census Bureau:
(Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20090226/CENSUSLOGO)
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 9: MEDAL OF HONOR
Profile America -- Monday, November 9th. Among those who will be remembered at Veterans Day ceremonies later this week will be more than 3,400 who have received the nation's highest military decoration -- the Medal of Honor. One woman is on that list -- Mary Walker, cited for heroism in the Civil War by generals William T. Sherman and George Thomas. As the first woman surgeon in the U.S. Army, she was often exposed to great danger, operating as battles raged. Walker not only tended Union troops, but crossed lines to help wounded Confederates as well, and at one point was captured and made a prisoner of war. Today in the U.S. Army, there are 13,000 women officers -- more than 15 percent of the service's commissioned officers. You can find these and more facts about America from the U.S. Census Bureau online at http://www.census.gov.
Sources: Statistical Abstract of the United States 2009, t. 494
www.history.army.mil/moh.html
Profile America is produced by the Public Information Office of the U.S. Census Bureau. These daily features are available as produced segments, ready to air, on a monthly CD or on the Internet at http://www.census.gov (look under the "Newsroom" button).
SOURCE U.S. Census Bureau
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