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  • Ben Salomon/External Links
    |publisher=Congressional Medal of Honor Society |title=Dentist Hero Finally Awarded Congressional Medal of Honor
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  • Pyramid of Honor
    |colspan=3 align=center| [[Medal of Honor]]
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  • Eugene Rogers/Definition
    Executive committee chairman of the Medal of Honor 2010 Convention; attorney; chief of staff, South Carolina State Guard; boar
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  • A.A. Vandegrift/Definition
    ...after commanding the [[Guadalcanal campaign]], for which he received the [[Medal of Honor]]
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  • USS Johnston (DD-557)/Definition
    ...attacking heavy Japanese forces in the [[Action off Samar]]; posthumous [[Medal of Honor]] to her captain, Commander [[Ernest B. Evans]]
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  • Fred Zabitosky/Definition
    ...tates Army Special Forces]] and [[MACV-SOG]] non-commissioned officer, a [[Medal of Honor]] recipient in the [[Vietnam War]] and an expert on [[special reconnaissanc
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  • Daniel Inouye/Definition
    ...ator]] ([[Democratic Party (United States)|D-]][[Hawaii (U.S. state)]]); [[Medal of Honor]] recipient for WWII service with [[442nd Regimental Combat Team]]; Executi
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  • Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain/Definition
    ...aduate to President; [[American Civil War]] general and recipient of the [[Medal of Honor]]; Governor of [[Maine (U.S. state)|Maine]]
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  • Ben Salomon/Definition
    ...ipan]] from being overrun by Japanese troops; received a long-posthumous [[Medal of Honor]] after extensive review and special legislation
    302 bytes (43 words) - 18:25, 19 March 2009
  • David Shoup/Definition
    ...al and the 22nd Commandant of the Marine Corps (1960-1963); received the [[Medal of Honor]] for the [[Battle of Tarawa]]
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  • Medal of Honor
    The '''Medal of Honor''' is the highest honor, given by the United States, for the highest form o
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  • Pyramid of Honor/Related Articles
    {{r|Medal of Honor}}
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  • Military award/Related Articles
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  • Theodore Roosevelt, Jr./Definition
    ...ve]], assistant commander of the 4th Infantry Division, who received the [[Medal of Honor]] for valor as the only general to go ashore with the first U.S. amphibious
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  • A.A. Vandegrift
    ...ous assignment, he commanded the [[Guadalcanal campaign]], receiving the [[Medal of Honor]] for his performance.
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  • David Shoup/Related Articles
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  • Charles Loring/Definition
    Major, [[United States Air Force]], who received a posthumous [[Medal of Honor]] for an act of valor on 22 November 1952; leading a flight of [[close air
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  • USS Jason Dunham (DDG-109)/Related Articles
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  • Fred Zabitosky
    ...[[United States Army Special Forces]] and [[MACV-SOG]], who received the [[Medal of Honor]] for actions in the [[Vietnam War]]. He served four tours in Vietnam, and | title = Fred Zabitosky: Vietnam Veteran and Medal of Honor Winner}}</ref>
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  • Guy Gabaldon
    ...has passed, and Gabaldon is dead, there are petition drives to have the [[Medal of Honor]] awarded posthumously.<ref name=Reuters>{{citation | title = Why Wasn't WWII Hero Guy Gabaldon Given the Medal of Honor?
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  • Killed in action
    ...higher of a medal than the Purple Heart. Since that last, great war, most Medal of Honor (MOH) recipients have been KIA. ..."New Hampshire lawmakers are considering a plan to create a New Hampshire Medal of Honor for military members killed in action...".<ref name=Nolo/> Moreover, like
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  • Guy Gabaldon/Related Articles
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  • Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain/Related Articles
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  • Bob Kerrey/Definition
    ...errey served three years as a [[United States Navy SEAL]], receiving the [[Medal of Honor]]; After his military service, he started a chain of restaurants and health
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  • Guadalcanal campaign/Related Articles
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  • Pararescue
    ...liam H. Pitsenbarger received, on behalf of his late son, the posthumous [[Medal of Honor]].<ref name=PitMoH>{{citation | title = Pitsenbarger, Medal of Honor
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  • Doolittle Raid/Related Articles
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  • Theodore Roosevelt/External Links
    * [http://www.cmohs.org/recipients/troose.htm Congressional Medal of Honor's entry on Theodore Roosevelt]; including citation and pictures *[http://www.voicenet.com/~lpadilla/tr.html Medal of Honor Recipients on Film]
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  • Military award
    ...e, for officers of all ranks to rise and salute first when a wearer of the Medal of Honor, of any rank whatsoever, enters the room.
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  • Ben Salomon
    ...oops before being he died. In 2002, Salomon was posthmously awarded the [[Medal of Honor]]. The eventual award of the Medal of Honor involved considerable conflict with the [[Geneva Conventions]] and the U.S.
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  • Theodore Roosevelt, Jr.
    ...servists, to receive the highest U.S. decoration for military valor, the [[Medal of Honor]], both posthumously. <center>'''Medal of Honor Citation: *ROOSEVELT, THEODORE, JR.'''</center>
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  • Douglas MacArthur/Related Articles
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  • USS Jason Dunham (DDG-109)
    ...[[destroyer]]], named for the first Marine to receive, posthumously, the [[Medal of Honor]] for actions in Iraq.<ref name=NT2009-07-30>{{citation
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  • Eugene Daub (sculptor)
    * National Sculpture Society Gold Medal of Honor for Lifetime Achievement 2017
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  • Frank Jack Fletcher
    ...73) was an Admiral in the [[United States Navy]], and a recipient of the [[Medal of Honor]]. He held increasingly responsible positions at the beginning of the [[Sec
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  • Battle of Tarawa
    ...or part." <ref>Stockman, Chapter I, p. 9</ref> Shoup was to receive the [[Medal of Honor]] for his leadership, and would later become Commandant of the Marine Corps
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  • Once an Eagle
    ...r]], for example, rose from private to four stars, but did not receive the Medal of Honor, as did Damon. [[Omar Bradley]] has also been suggested, as one general who
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  • Charles Loring
    ...r]] into an enemy [[anti-aircraft artillery]] emplacement. A posthumous [[Medal of Honor]] was bestowed in recognition of the act.
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  • Special operations/Related Articles
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  • Sivad Heshimu Johnson
    In 2017 the [[Detroit Fire Department]] awarded Sergeant Johnson its Medal of Honor.<ref name=clickondetroit2020-08-31/> Johnson's father and brother also ser
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  • David Shoup
    ...he led the attack at the [[Battle of Tarawa]], for which he received the [[Medal of Honor]]. He was appointed Commandant by [[Dwight D. Eisenhower]].
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  • USS Johnston (DD-557)
    ...was seen alive in the water but was not rescued, received a posthumous [[Medal of Honor]].
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  • Stryker armored fighting vehicle family
    The family is named in honor of two posthumous [[Medal of Honor]] recipients, [[Stuart Stryker]] in World War II, <ref>{{citation
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  • Japanese internment
    ...tion. There was some discrimination at that time; some previously denied [[Medal of Honor]] recommendations, such as to Sen. [[Daniel Inouye]] ([[Democratic Party|D-
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  • USS Rankin (AKA-103)
    ...in the annual [[battle efficiency competition]]. Her captains included a [[Medal of Honor]] winner, a winner of the [[Navy Cross]], and a member of the Navy's [[Blue [[Medal of Honor]] winner Captain (later [[Vice Admiral|VADM]]) [http://www.ussrankin.org/fo
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  • United States Navy SEAL
    ...el were active in [[MACV-SOG]]. The relatively small unit received three [[Medal of Honor|Medals of Honor]].
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  • Battle of Iwo Jima
    ...t man, killing 6,000 Marines and wounding 20,000 more. Seven GIs won the [[Medal of Honor]] by throwing themselves atop grenades to save their comrades. Should Iwo J
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  • Battle of the Ia Drang
    ...pport. He died there; his Air Force Cross was subsequently upgraded to the Medal of Honor.<ref name=CRS-MoH>{{citation |title = Medal of Honor Recipients: 1979-2007
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  • Mark Hanna
    ...tivist in veterans' organizations. (It is not true that he was awarded the Medal of Honor--that was an unrelated Marcus Hanna.) After 1867 he became rich as a shippe
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  • Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain
    Well after the war, Congress explicitly voted him the [[Medal of Honor]]; it was not one of the questionable awards that did not meet the modern s [[Image:Medal-of-honor-Chamberlain.jpg|250px|Right|thumb|Chamberlain's Medal of Honor]]
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  • Reginald Fessenden
    ...06. In 1921, the Institute of Radio Engineers presented Fessenden with its Medal of Honor, and the next year the City of Philadelphia awarded him a John Scott Medal
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  • Suppression of enemy air defense
    ...port, for which MAJ Charles J. Loring Jr. was recognized with a posthumous Medal of Honor {{quotation|LORING, CHARLES J., JR.
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  • United States Marine Corps
    ...rigade sustained 55 percent casualties but took their objective, two-time Medal of Honor recipient [[Dan Daly]] reputedly leaped from a trench bellowing to his plat
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  • Signals intelligence in the Second World War
    ...scuttling charges about to detonate or have water rushing in, received the Medal of Honor. The two sailors behind him received the Navy Cross.
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  • Neil Armstrong
    ...[[Richard Nixon]] along with Collins and Aldrin, the [[Congressional Space Medal of Honor]] by President [[Jimmy Carter]] in 1978, and the [[Congressional Gold Medal ...including the [[Presidential Medal of Freedom]], the [[Congressional Space Medal of Honor]], the Robert H. Goddard Memorial Trophy, the Sylvanus Thayer Award, the [[
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  • Theodore Roosevelt
    ...as named after the latter hill). Roosevelt was posthumously awarded the [[Medal of Honor]] in 2001 for his actions.<ref>Brands ch 13</ref> He was the only President ...es. In January 2001, President Bill Clinton awarded Theodore Roosevelt the Medal of Honor posthumously for his charge up San Juan Hill, Cuba, during the Spanish-Amer
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  • Vietnam War ground technology
    ...ty, and were unusually dangerous. Two medevac pilots won the Congressional Medal of Honor for their heroism. It took on average 100 minutes to rush a casualty to the
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  • Guadalcanal campaign
    ...of Marines. Goettge, whose body was never found, received a posthumous [[Medal of Honor]]. <ref>Zimmerman, ''The Guadalcanal Campaign'', p. 58-60 and Smith, ''Bloo
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  • The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind
    ...ve Arts & Sciences]]'s [[Interactive Achievement Awards]], but lost to ''[[Medal of Honor: Frontline]]''.
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  • Battle of Leyte Gulf
    ...d McCampbell]], who would become the Navy's leading ace and received the [[Medal of Honor]], personally destroyed nine.
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  • Terrorism/Citable Version
    ...ca, 1963<ref>[http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/s_146312.html Medal of Honor for a terrorist] Pittsbugh-Tribune Review, July 27, 2003</ref></blockquote>
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  • Terrorism
    ...ca, 1963<ref>[http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/s_146312.html Medal of Honor for a terrorist] Pittsbugh-Tribune Review, July 27, 2003</ref></blockquote>
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  • Foreign internal defense operations
    ...L companion, Thomas R. Norris behind enemy lines. Norris received the U.S. Medal of Honor for his part of the mission.
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  • Signals intelligence from 1954 to 1979
    During this time period, the Medal of Honor was bestowed on the captain of the AGTR-5, ''[[USS Liberty]]'', for his lea
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