John Harris (born c. 1839, date of death unknown) was a Union Navy sailor who received the Medal of Honor for his service on USS Metacomet in Mobile Bay...
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Commandant of the United States Marine Corps John Harris (Medal of Honor) (1839–?), Union Navy officer and Medal of Honor recipient Sir John Harris (RAF officer)...
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Charles Harris and Corporal George Ferrari also received the Medal of Honor for bravery in that battle. http://www.mohhsus.com/lost-to-history "Medal of Honor...
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Kentucky Medal of Honor Memorial is a statue in downtown Louisville, Kentucky, honoring all recipients of the Medal of Honor from the Commonwealth of Kentucky...
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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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John Thomas Patterson (February 3, 1838 – March 3, 1922) served in the Union Army during the American Civil War. He received the Medal of Honor for his...
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States—the Medal of Honor—for his actions at the Battle of Chaffin's Farm. He was African American. Born in Saint Mary's County, Maryland, Harris worked as...
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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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Ordinary Seaman John C. Donnelly, Captain of the Forecastle John Harris, and Seaman Henry Johnson. Noble's official Medal of Honor citation reads: As...
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1898) was an American Civil War Union Navy sailor who received the Medal of Honor while serving aboard USS Metacomet. Born in 1825 in Scotland, Avery...
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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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received the U.S. military's highest decoration, the Medal of Honor. Tribe was born just north of the Pennsylvania state line in central upstate in Barton...
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Robinson. It follows the efforts of fictional Pentagon staffer Scott Huffman and many veterans to see the Medal of Honor awarded to William H. Pitsenbarger...
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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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members of the boat crew also received the Medal of Honor: Seaman James Avery, Ordinary Seaman John C. Donnelly, Captain of the Forecastle John Harris, Seaman...
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Pappy Boyington (category World War II recipients of the Medal of Honor)
States Marine Corps fighter ace during World War II. He received the Medal of Honor and the Navy Cross. A Marine aviator with the Pacific fleet in 1941...
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Harry Binkley Harris Jr. (born August 4, 1956) is a Japanese-American diplomat and retired U.S. Navy officer. He was the first American of Japanese descent...
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Theatre Hall of Fame in 1979, received the National Medal of Arts in 1994, the Special Lifetime Achievement Tony Award, and the Kennedy Center Honor in 2005...
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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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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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of the United States Naval Service. — Board of Awards, Serial 1089, 17 October 1951 Harris also received the Purple Heart, the Prisoner of War Medal,...
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John Lucian Smith (December 26, 1914 – June 9, 1972) was an American Medal of Honor recipient and Marine Corps flying ace who, as commanding officer of...
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and the IEEE Medal of Honor, namely Edwin Howard Armstrong, Ernst Alexanderson, Mihajlo Pupin, Arthur E. Kennelly, Vladimir K. Zworykin, John R. Pierce,...
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Salvatore Giunta (redirect from Salvatore Giunta (Medal of Honor))
Forces' highest decoration for valor, the Medal of Honor. Giunta was cited for saving the lives of members of his squad on October 25, 2007, during the...
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The Medal of Honor is the highest military decoration awarded by the United States government and is bestowed on a member of the United States armed forces...
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Richard Bong (category World War II recipients of the Medal of Honor)
was a United States Army Air Forces major and Medal of Honor recipient in World War II. He was one of the most decorated American fighter pilots and...
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during combat, the Medal of Honor, for his action at Hanover, Pennsylvania on June 30, 1863. Burke was born in Ireland in April of 1842. When he was seventeen...
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Theater, which earned him nine combat medals including the Navy Cross, the highest award for valor after the Medal of Honor. He ended the war as the navy's...
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Navy Cross (redirect from Navy Cross Medal)
Brockman Jr. (three awards) Phil H. Bucklew (two awards) John D. Bulkeley (also a Medal of Honor (MOH) and 2 Army Distinguished Service Crosses (DSC)s)...
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McKown Robert A. Pinn Edward Ratcliff John Schiller Ebenezer Skellie Charles Veale William Laing Three Medal of Honor recipients from the 6th U.S. Colored...
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