6The Readers Forum Dear Editor, There are 137 living Medal Of Honor recipients listed in the Society Of the Medal Honor association as of April 13th 2003. Three of those live in Louisiana and they are; World War Two veteran Jefferson J. Deblanc, born February 15th 1921 in Lockport Louisiana, Marine, living in St. Martinsville now, Vietnam War veteran Raymond M. Clausen, born October 14th 1947 in New Orleans Louisiana, Marine, living in Ponchatoula and Vietnam War veteran James E. Livingston, Marine, born January 12th 1940 in Towns, Telfair County Georgia, now living in New Orleans Louisiana. The only female to receive the Medal Of Honor was contract doctor, Dr. Mary Walker. Dr. Mary Walker received the Medal Of Honor on January 16th 1866. The War Department started in 1916 reviewing the abuse of the rewarding the Medal Of Honor. Dr. Mary Walker`s Medal Of Honor was revoked. On June 11th 1977 President Jimmy Carter restored Dr. Mary Walker`s Medal Of Honor and gave it to Dr. Mary Walker`s niece, Ann Walker. The US Postal Service honored Civil War Dr. Mary Walker in 1982 by putting her picture on the twenty cent first class stamp. The Presidents of the United States, in the name of Congress, has awarded more than 3400 Medals of Honor to our bravest Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen, Marines, and Coast Guardsmen since the decoration`s creation in 1861. Retired Colonel Mitchell Paige, living Medal Of Honor recipient is officially the Medal Of Honor "special liaison" to the FBI. Any person falsely claiming being a recipient of the Medal Of Honor may find Retired Colonel Mitchell Paige knocking on his door. So far Colonel Paige has arrested over 500 people falsely claiming to be a Medal Of Honor recipient. You can be fined up to $100,000 and spend a year in jail for falsely claiming to be a Medal Of Honor recipient. If you suspect someone of falsely claiming to be a recipient of the Medal Of Honor contact the FBI. You can ask an Illinois ex-Judge what happened to him when he claimed he received two Medal Of Honor citations for valorous Navy service off the coast of Lebanon in 1958. He got $100,000 shorter in the wallet. Only war heros are awarded the Medal Of Honor. Amen W. Jerry Starkey 29030 Weston Hano Rd Holden La 70744 225 294 6561 ˜@èþ¼Times New Romand nÜJ ¸&”p#Þ'L,º0(5–9>