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	Humbert Roque Versace has been listed as one of the History good articles under the good article criteria. If you can improve it further, please do. If it no longer meets these criteria, you can delist it, or ask for a reassessment.
	An entry from this article appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know? column on July 20, 2006.
Article milestones Date Process Result August 28, 2006 Good article nominee Listed December 5, 2007 Good article reassessment Kept Current Status: Good article

—Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.20.207.62 (talk • contribs)

A question- I cannot find any reference to any other POW winning the Medal of Honor for actions undertaken while a prisoner, so why does the text emphasise the Vietnam connection in the sentence : "He was the first member of the U.S. Army to be awarded the Medal of Honor for actions performed in Southeast Asia while in captivity"? Should it not read "He was the first member of the U.S. Army to be awarded the Medal of Honor for actions performed while in captivity"? --Grant McKenna 21:36, 20 July 2006 (UTC)

I always thought that General Jonathan Wainright, captured by the Japanese during WWII, was awarded the Medal of Honor for actions as a POW, however, after reading his citation, it apparently was for actions before capture... I also seem to remember another Vietnam War Medal of Honor that was awarded to a captured pilot, I am not sure if Navy or Air Force.

Both Lance Sijan and Bud Day of the USAF won Medals of Honor while POWs in Vietnam.--Buckboard 09:17, 7 June 2007 (UTC)

Contents 1 Answer 2 GA Nom Comments 3 GA Passed 4 Puerto Rico 5 GA sweeps (on hold) 5.1 GA sweep (pass)

[edit] Answer

Tibor Rubin (U.S. Army) former POW during the Korean War, was awarded the MoH for his actions during captivity. Tony the Marine 17:29, 21 July 2006 (UTC)

• There was a total of eight Vietnam POWs awarded the nation's highest award for valor, MoH. Among them: James Bond Stockdale and Senator John McCain. However, Versace was the first Army POW in "Nam" awarded the MoH. Tony the Marine 05:50, 22 July 2006 (UTC)

thanks --Grant McKenna 18:14, 21 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] GA Nom Comments

I've dropped by to review this article and am impressed with the accessible, straightforward and moving account of a war hero. All that separates it from GA status are inline citations. These are useful because they take a reader to places where they can read more about a particular detail, idea or interpretation. Typically, I look for at least one per section and prefer at least one per paragraph. The rule of thumb for me is that, whenever a detail appears in only once source, I cite it. If many details come from the same source and page number, I put the citation after the punctuation following the last word of the material from that source. If all the material in a paragraph is from the same place, I put the cite at the end of the paragraph. If there is a change in page numbers, I either put in a new cite or include it in one cite and leave it at that. If you have questions, please do not hesitate to ask. I've put the article on hold to allow you all to add these. --CTSWyneken^(talk) 19:47, 26 August 2006 (UTC)

• I have taken care of it the best that I know how Tony the Marine 03:05, 27 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] GA Passed

Done. Congratulations. On to peer review. --CTSWyneken^(talk) 02:23, 28 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Puerto Rico

Other than his mother presumably having been born in Puerto Rico, is there any evidence that he lived or at least visited Puerto Rico at some point before the truly heroic ending of his life?Pr4ever 10:18, 22 June 2007 (UTC)

• His mother was not born in Puerto Rico, she was born in New York of Puerto Rican parents. It is assumed that as a person whose mother had Puerto Rican roots (She retired to Fajardo, PR near the end of her life) that he should have visited the island during sometime in his life, however this is irrevant since the Government of Puerto Rico carried out an investigation to establish his Puerto Rican roots before inscrbing his name to "El Monumento de la REcordacion". Tony the Marine 19:50, 22 June 2007 (UTC)

• • That's good enough for me, especially if McClintock and Carrion unveiled his name on the wall at the Capitol. BTW, it's a pity the situation that endi.com says McClintock and his daughter went through today.Pr4ever 02:57, 24 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] GA sweeps (on hold)

This excellent article has been reviewed as part of Wikipedia:WikiProject Good articles/Project quality task force in an effort to ensure all listed Good articles continue to meet the Good article criteria. I made a few minor tweaks, and have found a couple of small sourcing points that may need expert attention:

• The last paragraph of In memory needs citing.Done
• From the same section, a specific cite for "...donation of $125,000 raised by the citizens of Alexandria, Virginia." would be helpful.Done

In addition (although not really needed for this GA reassessment), the Vietnam War section contains a number of short (one or two sentence) paragraphs. As a stylistic point, it may be worth merging them into the surrounding text at some point.Taken care of, plus eliminated "RED" links

I will check back in no less than seven days. If progress is being made and issues are addressed, the article will remain listed as a Good article. Otherwise, it may be delisted (such a decision may be challenged through WP:GAR). If improved after it has been delisted, it may be nominated at WP:GAN. Feel free to drop a message on my talk page if you have any questions, and many thanks for all the hard work that has gone into this article thus far. Regards, EyeSerene^TALK 10:23, 5 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] GA sweep (pass)

Thank you for your work; with all issues addressed I have now passed the article reassessment. Great job ;) EyeSerene^TALK 19:15, 5 December 2007 (UTC)