• highest decoration, the Medal of Honor, for his actions at the Battle of Mobile Bay. Born in about 1835 in Limerick, Ireland, Jones immigrated to the United...
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  • Andrew Jones (Medal of Honor) (1835–?), American Civil War sailor and Medal of Honor recipient Andrew Jones (historian) (1944–), British historian Andrew Jones...
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    This is a list of Medal of Honor recipients for World War II. The Medal of Honor was created during the American Civil War and is the highest military...
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  • Caldecott Medal, the committee awards a variable number of citations to runners-up they deem worthy, called the Caldecott Honor or Caldecott Honor Books....
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    Mitchell. List of Medal of Honor recipients for the Battle of Gettysburg List of American Civil War Medal of Honor recipients: T–Z "Andrew Jackson Tozier"...
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    Luther King Jr. He is a recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation's highest civilian honor. Jones is a scholar in residence at the Martin...
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    Theater Hall of Fame in 1985, and was honored with the National Medal of Arts in 1992, the Kennedy Center Honor in 2002, the Screen Actors Guild Life...
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  • Volunteers). He received his nation's highest award for valor, the U.S. Medal of Honor, for capturing a Confederate flag at Paines Crossroads, Virginia, on...
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    Medal. Upon the recommendation of NASA, the president may award an even higher honor to astronauts, the Congressional Space Medal of Honor. The medal...
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    The Medal of Honor was created during the American Civil War and is the highest military decoration presented by the United States government to a member...
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  • list of recipients of the Congressional Gold Medal, the highest civilian honor bestowed by the United States Congress. Congressional Silver Medal Congressional...
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    National Medal of Arts is an award and title created by the United States Congress in 1984, for the purpose of honoring artists and patrons of the arts...
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  • James Seanor (category American Civil War recipients of the Medal of Honor)
    action, both Seanor and Jones were awarded the Medal of Honor four months later, on December 31, 1864. Seanor's official Medal of Honor citation reads: Served...
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    One of the most prestigious conference awards in college athletics, the Big Ten Medal of Honor was first awarded in 1915 to one student-athlete from the...
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    Western District of Texas Brigadier General Jimmy Stewart – Actor and Air Force Reserve officer Brigadier General Bud Day – Medal of Honor – Air Force Cross...
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    Martin J. Hawkins (category American Civil War recipients of the Medal of Honor)
    President of the United States of America, in the name of Congress, takes pleasure in presenting the Medal of Honor to Corporal Martin Jones Hawkins, United...
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    for bravery during combat, the Medal of Honor, for heroism at Sinking Creek, Virginia, when, as leader of a group of 22 men, he captured an enemy camp...
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    This is a complete alphabetical list (G to L) of Medal of Honor recipients during the Civil War. Many of the awards during the Civil War were for capturing...
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    the  †, indicates that the Medal of Honor was awarded posthumously   This along with the  †, indicates that the Medal of Honor was awarded posthumously...
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    the Vietnam War. He was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for his actions during the Battle of Dak To. Adopted as a child, Barnes joined the army...
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    rank of a general in the regular U.S. Army. William F. Lukes (1847–1923) – U.S. Navy. Served on USS Colorado. Last Medal of honor recipient. Jones Morgan...
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    in honor of Ambassador Andrew Young". Delta News Hub. Retrieved March 11, 2021. "Andrew Young Crossing". Atlas Obscura. DeRoche, Andrew J. Andrew Young:...
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    action against an enemy of the United States. "Battle joined: Army panel backs WWII vet's posthumous bid for Medal of Honor". Fox News. 4 November 2015...
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    awarded the National Medal of Arts. On April 13, 2009, the University of Hartford presented Jones with an honorary Doctorate of Music for his musical...
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    to the 2000 Olympics, Jones declared that she intended to win gold medals in all five of her competition events at Sydney. Jones's husband, C. J. Hunter...
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  • imprints appear on the List of Dark Horse Comics imprint publications, collected editions of its own publications appear on the List of Dark Horse Comics collected...
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  • Albert Lin (category Date of birth not in Wikidata)
    December 2022. "UC San Diego Research Scientist Honored with Desert Research Institute (DRI) Nevada Medal". California Institute for Telecommunications...
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    Mary Edwards Walker (category American Civil War recipients of the Medal of Honor)
    prohibitionist, prisoner of war in the American Civil War, and surgeon. She is the only woman to receive the Medal of Honor. In 1855, she earned her medical...
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    This is a partial list of recipients of the Presidential Medal of Freedom, listed chronologically within the aspect of life in which each recipient is...
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    turned us on is that this is the only show of its kind. In Europe and most countries, they have ways of honoring their actors and their athletes. England...
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