Do I have this right, these are canadian citizens that served (are serving) in the us military?

These were just from Civil war action:

MclNTOSH, JAMES

James McIntosh was born in Canada in 1833. He enlisted as Captain Captain of the Top, U.S. Navy.

He was on board the U.S.S. Richmond during action against rebel forts and gunboats and with the ram Tennessee in Mobile Bay, 5 August 1864.

Despite damage to his ship and the loss of several men on board as enemy fire raked her decks, Mclntosh performed his duties with skill and courage throughout the prolonged battle which resulted in the surrender of the rebel ram Tennessee and in the successful attacks carried out on Fort Morgan.

For this action he was awarded the Congressional Medal of Honour. (New York. G.O. No.: 45, 31 December 1864)

IG

From Vietnam:

PETER LEMON is currently an inspirational speaker in Colorado but he was born in 1950 in Toronto, Ontario. He was awarded the MOH in 1970 for his actions in Vietnam.

IG

Thank you for posting this IG. We're not big on conducting illegal (Iraq) or illogical (Vietnam) wars here in Canada, so this doesn't give us much opportunity to produce war 'heroes'. For my money, Maj Gen Lewis McKenzie and Gen. Romeo Dallaire certainly qualify as heroes for their roles in Bosnia and Rwanda. Anyhoo, Canadians invented peacekeeping, and this world would've been a much bigger turd for the last 50 years if it weren't for us leading the way to peace. After fighting the Germans at Dieppe and Caan my still-alive grandfather served as a peacekeeper in Kashmir, among other places.

From wikipedia's history of peacekeeping, first line:

'In 1957, Lester Bowles Pearson (Canadian External Affairs Minister) was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for his role in defusing the Suez Crisis through the United Nations. The United Nations Peacekeeping Force was Pearson's creation and he is considered the father of the modern concept of peacekeeping.'

DSH

Here is a short list I quickly found with a simple Google search.
This is from the first and second World Wars.

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William George "Billy" Barker, VC, DSO*, MC**, CdeG, Star of Valour (It)

William Avery "Billy" Bishop, VC, DSO, MC, CB, DFC, ED, CdeG avec Palme, Legion D'Honneur

Arthur Roy Brown, DSC*

Raymond Collishaw, DSO*, OBE, DSC, DFC, CdeG , Order of St. Anne 2 cl, Order of St. Stanislas 2 cl, Order of St.Vladimir 4 cl

Donald Roderick MacLaren DSO, DFC, MC*

Andrew McKeever DSO, MC*

Alan McLeod, VC


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WWII

Russ Bannock, DSO, DFC**

George Beurling, DSO, DFC, DFM*

Lloyd Chadburn, DSO*, DFC, CdeG avec Palme, Legion d'Honneur

James "Stocky" Edwards, DFM, DFC*

John Fauquier, DSO**, DFC

Robert Hampton "Hammy" Gray, VC, DSC, RCNVR

Irving Farmer "Hap" Kennedy, DFC*

Robert "Buck" McNair, DSO, DFC**, CdeG avec Palme, Legion d'Honneur


Andrew Charles "Andy" Mynarski, VC

Percival Stanley "Stan" Turner, DSO, DFC*, CdeG avec Palme, War Cross (Czech), Medal for Bravery (Czech)

Vernon "Woody" Woodward, DFC*

Canadian War Heroes
(maybe it's where or how you're looking)

By InfoGeek
Posted Tuesday, November 30, 2004 on Thoughts, rambings, and goings-on
Discussion: Current Events

I was only able to find these:


Congressional Medal of Honour Recipiants from Canada

1. BOIS, FRANK Quartermaster, U.S. Navy U.S.S. Cincinnati
2. BROWN, JOHN HARTIES, Capt., Coy D, 12th Kent. Inf.
3. BUCKLEY, DENIS, Pvt., Coy G, 136th New York Infantry
4. CAYER, OVILA, Sgt., Coy A 14th U.S. Volunteers
5. CHAPMAN, JOHN, 1st Maine Heavy Artillery
6. CHAPUT, LOUIS G. Landsman, U.S. Navy, U.S.S. Lackawanna
7. DODD, ROBERT F., Pvt., Coy E, 27th Mich. Inf.
8. DODDS, EDWARD E., Sgt, Coy C, 21st New York Cav.
9. FITZPATRICK, THOMAS, Coxswain, U.S. Navy, U.S.S. Hartford
10. GILMORE, JOHN C. Maj., 16th New York Inf.
11. HAGERTY, ASEL Private, Coy A, 61st New York Inf.
12. HIGGINS, THOMAS J., Sgt., Coy D, 99th Illinois Inf.
13. HOUGHTON, GEORGE L., Pvt, Coy D, 104th Illinois Inf.
14. McINTOSH, JAMES Captain of the Top, U.S. Navy U.S.S. Richmond
15. McMahon, Martin T. Captain, and aide_de_camp U.S. Volunteers
16. McVEANE, JOHN P. Corporal, Company D 49th New York Infantry
17. Murphy, James T. Private, Company L 1st Connecticut Artillery
18. O'Connor, Albert Sergeant, Company A 7th Wisconsin Infantry
19. Pickle, Alonzo H. Sergeant, Company B 1st Battalion Minnesota nfantry
20. Powers, Wesley J. Corporal, Company F, 147th Illinois Infantry
21. Rich, Carlos H. First Sergeant, Company K 4th Vermont Infantry
22. Scott, Alexander Corporal, Company D 10th Vermont Infantry
23. Shivers, John Private, U.S. Marine Corps
24. Young, Benjamine F. Corporal, Company I 1st Michigan Sharpshooters


IG

and what do they all seem to have in common??? THERE AMERICANS FIGHTING IN the service of america.

I feel I should also mentions John McCrae, a Canadian and a doctor and soldier on the front lines during the WWI , who after days and days of operating on casualties, penned this poem:

In Flanders fields the poppies blow
Between the crosses, row on row,
That mark our place; and in the sky
The larks, still bravely singing, fly
Scarce heard amid the guns below.

We are the Dead. Short days ago
We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,
Loved, and were loved, and now we lie
In Flanders fields.

Take up our quarrel with the foe:
To you from failing hands we throw
The torch; be yours to hold it high.
If ye break faith with us who die
We shall not sleep, though poppies grow
In Flanders fields.

and what do they all seem to have in common??? THERE AMERICANS FIGHTING IN the service of america.

Actually, many of thos in the original list were still canadians that just enlisted in the US armed forces.

But to be specific:

The Victoria Cross is the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.

Canadians awarded the medal:

Link

And Americans awarded the medal:

Link

IG