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TIL about the only US Coast Guardsman to receive the Congressional Medal of Honor, Douglas A. Munro

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1aEA4 TIL in 2005 the leader of the Aryan Nation attempted to form an alliance with Al-Qaeda, saying they "share the same enemies".