User:Ed!/Gifts

Barnstars (67)
Military history service award: By order of the coordinators, for your good work assessing B-class military history articles, I hereby award you this Military history WikiProject Service Award. -- R OGER D AVIES  talk 18:44, 17 April 2008 (UTC)

Military history service award: By order of the coordinators, for your great work assessing B-class military history articles, I hereby award you this Military history WikiProject Service Award. -- R OGER D AVIES  talk 18:44, 17 April 2008 (UTC)

The Original Barnstar: For your diligent work in the creation of dozens of US Army Unit articles. Cheers! Cam (Chat) 20:52, 19 April 2008 (UTC)

Military history service award: By order of the coordinators, for your good work tagging and assessing military history articles in Tag & Assess 2008, I hereby award you this Military history WikiProject Service Award. -- R OGER D AVIES  talk 09:49, 1 August 2008 (UTC)

Military history service award: By order of the coordinators, for your great work tagging and assessing military history articles in Tag & Assess 2008, I hereby award you this Military history WikiProject Service Award. -- R OGER D AVIES  talk 09:49, 1 August 2008 (UTC)

Military history service award: By order of the coordinators, for your excellent work tagging and assessing military history articles in Tag & Assess 2008, I hereby award you this Military history WikiProject Service Award. -- R OGER D AVIES  talk 09:49, 1 August 2008 (UTC)

The Tireless Contributor Barnstar: By order of the coordinators, for your fine work tagging and assessing military history articles in Tag & Assess 2008, I hereby award you with this Tireless Contributor's barnstar. -- R OGER D AVIES  talk 09:49, 1 August 2008 (UTC)

The Tireless Contributor Barnstar: You work to a supurb level. This is yours!  K50  Dude   ROCKS!   17:57, 31 January 2009 (UTC)

The Content Review Medal of Merit: By order of the Military history WikiProject coordinators, for your devoted work on the WikiProject's Peer and A-Class reviews April to June 2009, I am delighted to award you this Content Review Medal. Roger Davies talk 12:11, 5 July 2009 (UTC)

The Writer's Barnstar: For your tremendous effort in placing second during the July 2009 Military history WikiProject Contest, tallying of 91 points from 18 articles, I am pleased to present you with The Writer's Barnstar! Keep up the great work! — Bellhalla (talk) 14:26, 3 August 2009 (UTC)

The WikiChevrons: Awarded to Ed! for outstanding work on US military divisions.  YellowMonkey  ( cricket photo poll! ) paid editing=POV 05:11, 4 August 2009 (UTC)

The Reviewers Award: For tirelessly reviewing Good Article Nominations. MinisterForBadTimes (talk) 16:28, 16 August 2009 (UTC)

The Military history A-Class medal: For excellent work on 7th Infantry Division (United States), 24th Infantry Division (United States) and I Corps (United States), all promoted to A-Class between July and September 2009. Roger Davies talk 18:01, 21 August 2009 (UTC)

The Random Acts of Kindness Barnstar: Thank you for your help on Battle of Chosin Reservoir, without your copy-editing help I doubt it could achieve GA status. Jim101 (talk) 00:03, 13 February 2010 (UTC)

The Military history A-Class medal: For prolific work on Battle of Osan, Battle of Taejon and Battle of Pyongtaek; promoted to A-Class between January and April 2010, by order of the coordinators of the Military history WikiProject, you are hereby awarded the Milhist A-Class medal. -MBK004 06:32, 12 April 2010 (UTC)

The Military history A-Class medal: For prolific work on Battle of Naktong Bulge, Battle of Chonan and Battle of Chochiwon; all promoted to A-Class during April 2010, by order of the coordinators of the Military history WikiProject, you are hereby awarded the Milhist A-Class medal. -MBK004 20:40, 24 April 2010 (UTC)

Awesome Wikipedian: User:Ed! has been identified as an Awesome Wikipedian, and therefore, I've officially declared today as Ed!'s day! For being such a beautiful person and great Wikipedian, enjoy being the Star of the day, dear Ed!!  — Rlevse • Talk  • 00:30, 29 July 2010 (UTC)

Military history reviewers' award: By order of the Military history WikiProject coordinators, for your good work helping with the WikiProject's Peer and A-Class reviews during the period July-December 2009, I hereby award you this Military history WikiProject Reviewers' award. TomStar81 (Talk) 01:50, 1 September 2010 (UTC)

The Military history A-Class medal: For prolific work on Battle of P'ohang-dong, Battle of Taegu and Hill 303 massacre; promoted to A-Class between July and October 2010, by order of the coordinators of the Military history WikiProject, you are hereby awarded the Milhist A-Class medal. -MBK004 08:14, 13 October 2010 (UTC)

The Working Man's Barnstar: On behalf of the coordinators, I'm pleased to award you this barnstar for reviewing articles in our October 2010 Contest-- Sturmvogel 66 (talk) 18:36, 1 November 2010 (UTC)

The Military history A-Class medal with oak leaves: For prolific work on Hadong Ambush, Chaplain-Medic massacre, and 766th Independent Infantry Regiment (North Korea), which were promoted to A-class between October and November 2010, by order of the coordinators of the Military history WikiProject you are hereby awarded the A-Class medal with Oak Leaves. Congratulations! EyeSerene talk 10:51, 17 November 2010 (UTC)

The WikiChevrons: The WikiChevrons are hereby bestowed upon Ed! for his great efforts in the December 2010 Military History monthly article writing Contest, placing first with a total of 138 points from 21 articles. Well done! Cheers, AustralianRupert (talk) 13:31, 1 January 2011 (UTC)

The Epic Barnstar: Awarded to Ed! in recognition of your work around the topic of the Korean War during 2010. Keep up the hard work! AustralianRupert (talk) 02:15, 2 January 2011 (UTC)

The North Korea Barnstar of National Merit: Thank you for helping Korean war articles and getting 766th Independent Infantry Regiment to FA Spongie555 (talk) 22:12, 2 January 2011 (UTC)

The Content Review Medal of Merit: By order of the Military history WikiProject coordinators, for your devoted work on the WikiProject's Peer and A-Class reviews for the period Oct–Dec 2010, I am delighted to award you this Content Review Medal. Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 00:13, 5 January 2011 (UTC)

The Military history A-Class medal with oak leaves: For prolific work on Battle of the Bowling Alley, Battle of Sangju (1950), and Battle of Haman, which were promoted to A-class between December 2010 and January 2011, by order of the coordinators of the Military history WikiProject you are hereby awarded the A-Class medal with Oak Leaves. Congratulations! Ian Rose (talk) 09:01, 6 January 2011 (UTC)

The WikiProject Barnstar: I am delighted to present you with this WikiProject Barnstar in recognition of your extensive contributions to the Military history WikiProject, as evidenced by your being nominated for the 2010 "Military historian of the Year" award. We're grateful for your help, and look forward to seeing more of your excellent work in the coming year. Kirill [talk] [prof] 22:22, 6 January 2011 (UTC)

The Military history A-Class medal with oak leaves: By order of the coordinators of the Military history WikiProject, you are hereby awarded the A-Class medal with Oak Leaves for exemplary work on Battle of Hwanggan, Battle of Pusan Perimeter logistics and Battle of Yongdong, all promoted to A-class in January 2011. Congratulations! AustralianRupert (talk) 21:55, 21 January 2011 (UTC)

The Content Review Medal of Merit: By order of the Military history WikiProject coordinators, for your devoted work on the WikiProject's Peer, A-Class and Featured Article reviews for the period January–March 2011, I am delighted to award you this Content Review Medal. AustralianRupert (talk) 07:56, 3 April 2011 (UTC)

Congratulations! Thanks for all the work you did in making Ernest R. Kouma a certified "Good Article"! Your work is much appreciated. Thanks also for your reviews. Featured article candidates and Good Article nominees always need more reviewers! All the best, – Quadell (talk) 12:11, 10 August 2011‎ (UTC)

You did it again! Another round of congratulations are in order for all the work you did in making Air Battle of South Korea a certified "Good Article"! Thank you; your work is much appreciated. All the best, – Quadell (talk) 15:16, 8 September 2011 (UTC)

The Good Article Barnstar Thanks Ed! for helping to promote The Great Naktong Offensive to Good Article status. Please accept this little sign of appreciation and goodwill from me, because you deserve it. Keep it up Sp33dyphil "Ad astra" 03:36, 29 September 2011 (UTC)

The Content Review Medal of Merit: By order of the Military history WikiProject coordinators, for your devoted work on the WikiProject's Peer, A-Class and Featured Article reviews for the period Jul-Sept 2011, I am delighted to award you this Content Review Medal. Buggie111 (talk) 14:09, 1 October 2011 (UTC)

The Military history A-Class medal with oak leaves: for your work on 1st Provisional Marine Brigade, Battle of Battle Mountain and Battle of Nam River, I hereby award you the A-Class Medal with Oak Leaves. For the Military History coordinators, Nikkimaria (talk) 13:04, 19 October 2011 (UTC)

The Four Award: Congratulations! You have been awarded the Four Award for your work from beginning to end on Chaplain–Medic massacre. TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 16:52, 7 November 2011 (UTC)

The Good Article Barnstar: Thanks Ed! for helping to promote United Nations Security Council Resolution 82 to Good Article status. Please accept this little sign of appreciation and goodwill from me, because you deserve it. Keep it up, and give some a pat on the back today. --Sp33dyphil © • © 09:23, 16 November 2011 (UTC)

The Four Award: Congratulations! You have been awarded the Four Award for your work from beginning to end on Kenneth R. Shadrick. TonyTheTiger (T/C/BIO/WP:CHICAGO/WP:FOUR) 01:15, 25 December 2011 (UTC)

The Military history A-Class medal with oak leaves: For your work on Kenneth R. Shadrick, William F. Dean, and George Andrew Davis, Jr., I hereby award you the A-Class Medal with Oak Leaves. For the coordinators of the Military history Project, Ed [talk] [majestic titan] 09:44, 29 December 2011 (UTC)

The Content Review Medal of Merit: By order of the Military history WikiProject coordinators, for your devoted contributions to the WikiProject's Peer, A-Class and Featured article reviews for the period September–December 2011, I am delighted to award you the Content Review Medal. Buggie111 (talk) 17:31, 14 January 2012 (UTC)

The WikiChevrons: Congratulations for being nominated as one of the military historians of the year for 2011 in recognition of your gargantuan efforts on Korean War articles. I am pleased to award you the WikiChevrons in recognition of this achievement. For the Coordinators, Nick-D(talk) 03:35, 29 January 2012 (UTC)

The Good Article Reviewer's Medal of Merit: With great appreciation, I award you this barnstar for completing Good Article reviews for the December 2011 Good Article Nomination backlog elimination drive Cheers, AstroCog (talk) 23:59, 5 February 2012 (UTC)

The Good Article Barnstar: Thank you for commissioning USS Philippine Sea (CV-47) into U.S. Navy GA service. I am sure it will serve Wikipedia well :) --Sp33dyphil ©hatontributions 01:49, 12 February 2012 (UTC)

Military history A-Class medal with swords: In recognition of your continued outstanding article work, you are hereby awarded the A-Class Medal with Swords for the articles Battle of Masan, Battle of Pusan Perimeter, and Thomas J. Hudner, Jr., which were promoted to A class between November 2011 and February 2012. On behalf of the Military History Wikiproject coordinators, EyeSerene talk 10:26, 14 February 2012 (UTC)

The Content Review Medal of Merit: By order of the Military History WikiProject coordinators, for your devoted work on the WikiProject's Peer, A-Class and Featured Article Candidate reviews for the first quarter of 2012, I am delighted to award you this Content Review Medal. - Dank (push to talk) 03:32, 17 April 2012 (UTC)

A cup of coffee: Congratulations on bringing David B. Bleak to good article status! To celebrate, you may be interested in reviewing another article. Crisco 1492 (talk) 13:16, 14 April 2012 (UTC)

The Original Barnstar: For your wonderfully rapid response to something that was sticking in my craw at Pusan Perimeter. Thank you for removing it.98.82.84.209 (talk) 23:14, 30 May 2012 (UTC)

The Content Review Medal of Merit: By order of the Military History WikiProject coordinators, for your devoted work on the WikiProject'sPeer, A-Class and Featured Article Candidate reviews for the second quarter of 2012, I am delighted to award you thisContent Review Medal. - Dank (push to talk) 19:13, 5 July 2012 (UTC)

The Good Article Barnstar: Thanks Ed! for helping to promote William Thompson (Medal of Honor, 1950) to Good Article status. Please accept this little sign of appreciation and goodwill from me, because you deserve it. Keep it up, and give someone a pat on the back today.--Sp33dyphil ©hatontributions 07:42, 16 July 2012 (UTC)

Military history A-Class medal with swords: For Jesse L. Brown, John F. Bolt and 45th Infantry Division (United States), which were promoted to A class between February and August 2012. Sturmvogel 66 (talk) 01:14, 29 August 2012 (UTC)

The Tireless Contributor Barnstar: Your recognition for 10 GA reviews at the last June-July GAN Review Round. Regards. —Pyrotec (talk) 16:33, 23 September 2012 (UTC)

Military history reviewer's award: By order of theMilitary history WikiProject coordinators, for your good work onPeer, A-Class and Featured Article reviews of Military history project articles for the period Jul–Sep 12, I hereby award you thisMilitary history WikiProject Reviewers' award.AustralianRupert (talk) 11:39, 6 October 2012 (UTC)

Korean War victims: Thank you for quality articles on the Korean War, especially the people involved, such as Jesse L. Brown, for the remarkable presentation of its history and people on your user page, for your GA reviews, - you are an awesome Wikipedian! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 09:41, 4 December 2012 (UTC)

The WikiChevrons: or your work on the article on Staff Sergeant Clinton Romesha, I would like to present you with these chevrons. You have earned them, and your work is a testiment to the quality of work produced by the WikiProject Military History. RightCowLeftCoast (talk) 20:18, 12 January 2013 (UTC)

The Content Review Medal of Merit: By order of the Military History WikiProject coordinators, for your devoted work on the WikiProject's Peer, A-Class and Featured Article Candidate reviews for the period Oct–Dec 2012, I am delighted to award you this Content Review Medal. AustralianRupert (talk) 10:12, 13 January 2013 (UTC)

The Good Article Barnstar: For your contributions to bring George S. Patton to Good Article status. Keep up the good work! Khazar2 (talk) 01:32, 20 January 2013 (UTC)

The Good Article Reviewer's Medal of Merit: For all your help reviewing 20 GA nominations during the November-December 2012 drive. — ΛΧΣ  21  22:17, 5 February 2013 (UTC)

The Good Article Barnstar: For the edits and effort it took to improve the article on Leroy Petry to good article status I present to you this barnstar. Your efforts reflect positively upon yourself, WikiProject United States, WikiProject Military history, and Ohio University.--RightCowLeftCoast (talk) 18:52, 14 February 2013 (UTC)

The Good Article Barnstar: For your contributions to bring Clinton Romesha to Good Article status. Thanks, and keep up the good work! Khazar2 (talk) 03:21, 27 February 2013 (UTC)

Military history A-Class medal with swords: On behalf of the coordinators of the Military History Wikiproject, I am pleased to present you with this award in recognition of your great work in developing the Arthur W. Radford, George S. Patton slapping incidents, and George S. Patton articles to A-class standard. Regards, Nick-D (talk) 22:06, 22 March 2013 (UTC)'''

The WikiChevrons: By order of the Military history WikiProject coordinators, for your devoted contributions to the WikiProject's Peer, A-Class and Featured Article reviews for the period January–March 2013, I am delighted to award you the WikiChevrons. AustralianRupert (talk) 22:44, 27 April 2013 (UTC)

The Biography Barnstar: For the considerable effort you've put into David M. Shoup, a very well-written military biography. Chris Troutman ( talk ) 16:44, 6 June 2013 (UTC)

The Writer's Barnstar: For placing second in the May 2013 Military history WikiProject Contest with 70 points from 8 entries, I am delighted to present you with The Writer's Barnstar. Well done! Cheers, Ian Rose (talk) 14:42, 24 June 2013 (UTC)

Military history reviewers' award: By order of the Military history WikiProject coordinators, for your good work helping with the WikiProject's Peer, A-Class and Featured Article reviews for the period Apr-Jun 2013, I hereby award you this Military history WikiProject Reviewers' award. AustralianRupert (talk) 10:45, 1 August 2013 (UTC)

The Half Million Award: For your contributions to bring George S. Patton (estimated annual readership: 890,000) to Good Article status, I hereby present you the Half Million Award. Congratulations, and thanks for all you do for Wikipedia's readers. -- Khazar2 (talk) 17:02, 28 August 2013 (UTC)

2013 WikiCup Participant: In recognition of your participation in the 2013 WikiCup, in which you reached round 4, the semi-finals. and 11:49, 3 November 2013 (UTC)

2013 WikiCup GA Review Award: Awarded to Ed!, for the strongest contribution of good article reviews in the 2013 WikiCup. and 11:49, 3 November 2013 (UTC)

The Freedom of Speech Barnstar On behalf of WikiProject Freedom of speech, The Freedom of speech Barnstar is awarded to Ed!, for contributions related to expanding and improving the quality of articles on Wikipedia relevant to freedom of speech and censorship. Including recent most impressive efforts at Hazelwood v. Kuhlmeier. From the participants at WikiProject Freedom of speech, thank you. &mdash; Cirt (talk) 21:00, 3 November 2014 (UTC)

Korean War victims Thank you for quality articles on the Korean War, especially the people involved, such as Jesse L. Brown, for the remarkable presentation of its history and people on your user page, for your GA reviews, - you are an awesome Wikipedian! --Gerda Arendt (talk) 09:41, 4 December 2012 (UTC)

Today's Featured Articles (4)
July 5, 2011  



The Battle of Osan was the first engagement between United States and North Korean forces during the Korean War, on July 5, 1950. A U.S. task force of 400 infantry supported by an artillery battery was moved to Osan, south of the South Korean capital Seoul, and ordered to fight as a rearguard to delay advancing North Korean forces while additional U.S. forces arrived in-country to form a defensive line. The Task Force lacked both antitank guns and effective infantry anti-tank weapons. Aside from a limited number of HEAT shells for the unit's 105-mm howitzers, crew-served weapons capable of defeating the T-34 had not been distributed to U.S. Army forces in Korea at the time. In the first encounter, a North Korean tank column overran the task force and continued its advance south. After the column had successfully breached American lines, the Task Force opened fire on a force of some 5,000 North Korean infantry approaching its position, temporarily holding up the North Korean advance. Eventually, North Korean troops overwhelmed American positions, and the remnants of the Task Force retreated in disorder. (more...)

August 19, 2011  

The 766th Independent Infantry Regiment was a light infantry regiment of the North Korean People's Army that existed briefly during the Korean War. Trained extensively in amphibious warfare and unconventional warfare, the 766th Regiment was considered a special forces commando unit. Activated in 1949, the regiment trained for more than a year before the outbreak of the war on June 25, 1950. On that day, half of the regiment led North Korean forces against South Korean troops by land and sea, pushing them back after several days of fighting. Over the next six weeks the regiment advanced slowly down the Korean Peninsula, acting as a forward unit of the North Korean army. Suffering lack of supplies and mounting casualties, the regiment was committed to the Battle of Pusan Perimeter as part of a push to force United Nations troops out of Korea. The regiment saw its final action at the Battle of P'ohang-dong, fighting unsuccessfully to take the town from UN troops. (more...)

December 4, 2012   Jesse L. Brown (1926–1950) was the first African-American naval aviator in the United States Navy, and the first naval officer killed in the Korean War. Born in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, to an impoverished family, Brown had an avid interest in aircraft from a young age. After graduating as salutatorian of his high school, he enlisted in the US Navy in 1946 and became a midshipman one year later. He earned his pilot wings on 21 October 1948 amid a flurry of press coverage. He was subsequently assigned to Fighter Squadron 32 aboard the USS Leyte (CV-32). At the outset of the Korean War, the Leyte was ordered to the Korean Peninsula, arriving in October 1950. Brown flew 20 combat missions before his F4U Corsair aircraft came under fire and crashed on a remote mountaintop on 4 December 1950 during a mission supporting ground troops at the Battle of Chosin Reservoir. Brown died of his wounds in spite of efforts by wingman Thomas J. Hudner, Jr., who intentionally crashed his aircraft attempting a rescue and was later awarded the Medal of Honor. Brown's successes in the segregated US military were memorialized in several books, and the frigate USS Jesse L. Brown (FF-1089) was named in his honor. (Full article...)

July 21, 2013   The Battle of Taejon (14–21 July 1950) was an early battle between United States and North Korean forces during the Korean War. U.S. Army forces, attempting to defend the headquarters of the 24th Infantry Division, were overwhelmed by numerically superior forces of the Korean People's Army (KPA) at the major city and transportation hub of Taejon. The Americans were already exhausted after two weeks of attempting to stem the KPA's advance. The entire 24th Division gathered to make a final stand around Taejon, holding a line along the Kum River to the east of the city. The American forces, outnumbered, ill-equipped and untrained, were pushed back from the river bank after several days, before fighting an intense urban battle to defend the city. After a fierce three-day struggle, they withdrew. Although they could not hold the city, the 24th Infantry Division achieved a strategic victory by delaying the North Koreans, providing time for other American divisions to establish a defensive perimeter around Pusan further south. The KPA captured Major General William F. Dean, the commander of the 24th Infantry Division, and the highest-ranking American prisoner during the Korean War.