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("...the real hero in the family was Thomas W. Custer, recipient of two Congressional Medals of Honor") Military History You Never Knew | Veterans Today

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.....George Armstrong Custer is one of the most misunderstood characters to have worn a military uniform for the United States. He didn’t consider the Native Americans to be “bloodthirsty, cruel, and uncivilized“, rather going back to his days at West Point, he had written in admiration of Native Americans. In 1876, just before his death, he had put his Army career in serious jeopardy for testifying before Congress of corruption …including that by the…

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