The Medal of Honor is the most prestigious of the military medals of America. The True Story Behind the Coast Guard’s Only Medal of Honor Recipient. During World War II, Coast Guardsman Douglas Munro gave his life so a detachment of 500 Marines could live. 8 Things You Need to Know About the Purple Heart Medal
He was the first living Medal of Honor recipient since the Vietnam War and received the Medal of Honor in 2010. Kyle White, Army, Sergeant Army Sergeant Kyle White repeatedly risked his life to provide lifesaving medical aid to wounded soldiers and radioed in to enable counterattacks and rescue efforts on November 9, 2007.
Vietnam (A - L Index) Medal of Honor recipients, citations, and other resources concerning the nation's highest medal for valor in combat.
Medal of Honor Series. The National WWII Museum honors veterans with the ongoing Medal of Honor Series— profiling individuals that went above and beyond the call of duty in every theater of the war. The goal is to represent every Medal of Honor recipient from World War II. Our Nation’s highest military award for valor is given for action
View a list of all the Living Medal of Honor Recipients of the Medal of Honor at the official website of the Congressional Medal of Honor Society.
Out of 40 million service members since the Civil War, 3,516 have received the Medal of Honor for extraordinary valor in combat, and only 65 recipients are alive today, according to the museum
Officially, there were 40 named recipients of the Medal of Honor from the 3rd ID — it’s almost a quarter of all the Medals of Honor given out in the European theater. They lost more men than
There are 65 Medal of Honor recipients still alive, according to the Congressional Medal of Honor Society. Image. Mr. Simanek at a 2016 ceremony in Detroit. A ship named in his honor is expected
October 11, 2020. Top Image: President Harry S. Truman presents Cleto Rodriguez with the Medal of Honor on the White House Lawn on October 12, 1945. Signal Corps photograph. On February 9, 1945, 21-year-old US Army Private Cleto L. Rodriguez rushed across smoking rubble and into withering Japanese gunfire on the island of Luzon in the Philippines.
View All Living Recipients. or Filter Recipient Database here Friends mark anniversary of Medal of Honor recipient’s life-saving act. Webinars. Posted On
Below is the complete list of the latest Medal of Honor recipients, with biographical information courtesy of the White House. Obama is expected to award the Medal of Honor to these living
Celebrated in Chattanooga with a park and a highway and at the Charles H. Coolidge National Medal of Honor Heritage Center, Mr. Coolidge died there on Tuesday. He was 99 and the oldest living
5. ›. View a list of all the Living Medal of Honor Recipients of the Medal of Honor at the official website of the Congressional Medal of Honor Society. Master Sgt. Roy P. Benavidez led a mission to save eight soldiers in Vietnam — and nearly died in the process. Decades later, his daughter recalls a father who believed honor wasn't won, but earned. CqCX.
