Rank: Staff Sergeant (Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant) Conflict/Era: World War II; Unit/Command: 3d Squad, 3d Platoon, Company L, 3d Battalion, 18th Infantry, 1st Infantry Division; Military Service Branch: U.S. Army; Medal of Honor Action Date: June 9 - 10, 1944; Medal of Honor Action Place: near Goville, France Rank: Corporal (Highest Rank: Chief Warrant Officer Four) Conflict/Era: World War II; Unit/Command: Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion, 21st Marines, 3d Marine Division; Military Service Branch: U.S. Marine Corps Reserve; Medal of Honor Action Date: February 23, 1945; Medal of Honor Action Place: Iwo Jima, Volcano Islands Medal of Honor. Only one U.S. President has been awarded the Medal of Honor in history. It was President Theodore Roosevelt, 26th President of the United States of America. He was awarded the highest military decoration for his gallantry in charging up San Juan Hill during the Spanish American War. It was long after his death. Trump honors 25 Medal of Honor recipients at the White House. The Medal of Honor is the highest military honor the nation can bestow — so high that even higher ranking officers salute those The 3rd Infantry Division has the most Medal of Honor Recipients in the United States Army with a total of 60 medal recipients. 3rd ID Medal of Honor Recipients from World War I, World War II, the Korean War, and the War in Iraq are listed here in hour of their sacrifice. View their names, ranks, citations, GO numbers, and more. He was also a prisoner of war, and recipient of the Medal of Honor and Air Force Cross. As of 2016, he is the only person to be awarded both the Medal of Honor and Air Force Cross. He was posthumously advanced to the rank of brigadier general effective March 27, 2018, as directed by the 2017 National Defense Authorization Act. The Civil War, 1861-1865. Twenty-six African Americans earned the Medal of Honor during the Civil War. Navy Landsman Aaron Anderson, USS Wyandank. “Served on board the U.S.S. Wyandank during a The "Police Silver Medal" and "Gold Medal of Valor" was first awarded on August 17, 1871 to Patrolman Bernard Tull of the 19th Precinct who arrested a burglar after being shot at. It was last awarded on January 21, 1884. The modern day New York City Police Department Medal of Honor was created in 1912 and was awarded until 1972, when it was Cách Vay Tiền Trên Momo.

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