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Argh (Middling end detail)


At the very end, if you look at the newspaper, it says Oskari is going to receive the Medal of Honor for his actions. All fine and good, but...

The Congressional Medal of Honor can only be awarded to people serving in the U.S Military. The highest honor for a non-civilian like Oskari can receive is the Presidential Medal of Freedom and/or The Congressional Gold Medal (considering who he saved, Oskari will probably receive the former).

Then again, 'Medal of Honor' just sounds cooler and more familiar, so this is a somewhat understandable mistake. And it's not like Moore couldn't go "By the authority vested in me via my office as President of the United States, I hereby declare Oskari Whateverhislastnameis a ceremonial/honorary member of the United States military.", hence making him technically eligible for the reward. Still, it bugs me whenever this pops up: it's a ten second Google search.

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