• Edward Barrett (born 1855) was an American second class fireman serving in the United States Navy who received the Medal of Honor for bravery. Barrett...
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  • Edward Barrett (Medal of Honor) (1855–?), second class fireman serving in the United States Navy who received the Medal of Honor for bravery Edward Barrett...
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  • medical doctor Edward Barrett (Irish sportsman) (1877–1932), Irish Olympic athlete Edward Barrett (Medal of Honor) (born 1855, date of death unknown)...
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    The Medal of Honor (MOH) is the United States Armed Forces' highest military decoration and is awarded to recognize American soldiers, sailors, marines...
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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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  • Albert Weisbogel (category Non-combat recipients of the Medal of Honor)
    first Medal of Honor, on April 27, 1876, he again saved a crewmate from drowning. While Plymouth, under the command of Captain Edward Barrett, who proposed...
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    Wendell Cushing Neville (category Battle of Veracruz (1914) recipients of the Medal of Honor)
    July 8, 1930) was a major general of the Marine Corps as well as a Medal of Honor recipient and the 14th Commandant of the Marine Corps between 1929 and...
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    USS Plymouth (1867) (category Wikipedia articles incorporating text from the Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships)
    jetties in the spring of 1877. In the spring and summer of 1876, Captain Edward Barrett nominated six of her sailors for the Medal of Honor for rescuing or...
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    Prior to 1963, the Medal of Honor could be awarded for actions not involving direct combat with "an enemy of the United States" or "opposing foreign force...
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  • To date, the United States Medal of Honor has been awarded on 103 occasions for actions involving the use of aircraft. Awards for actions that took place...
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  • Emile Lejeune (category Non-combat recipients of the Medal of Honor)
    action, he was awarded the Medal of Honor, proposed by Edward Barrett three days later, on June 9. Lejeune's official Medal of Honor citation reads: Serving...
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    Vernon Baker (category World War II recipients of the Medal of Honor)
    and a paratrooper during the Korean War. In 1997, he was awarded the Medal of Honor, the nation's highest military decoration for valor, for his actions...
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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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  • Commodore Edward André Gabriel Barrett, United States Navy, was born in New Orleans, Louisiana on 4 February 1827 and died of malaria in New York City...
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    of Irish-American soldiers, sailors, airmen and Marines who were awarded the American military's highest decoration — the Medal of Honor. The Medal of...
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    recognition, but at a level below that required for the Medal of Honor, the Navy Distinguished Service Medal and the Navy Cross were created by Public Law 253...
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    Kenneth A. Walsh (category World War II recipients of the Medal of Honor)
    lieutenant colonel and a Medal of Honor recipient who was the fourth ranking USMC fighter ace in World War II with a record of 21 enemy planes destroyed...
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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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    John Edward Barrett (21 December 1928 – 11 August 2023) was an Australian rules football player, who first played for the Frankston Bombers in the Mornington...
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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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    John Smith (flying ace) (category World War II recipients of the Medal of Honor)
    1914 – June 9, 1972) was an American Medal of Honor recipient and Marine Corps flying ace who, as commanding officer of VMF-223, shot down 19 Japanese planes...
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    officer and was awarded the Medal of Honor for heroism in combat. During the action for which he was awarded the Medal of Honor, he was severely wounded...
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    Paula Lodi (category Recipients of the Legion of Merit)
    Medical Brigade. She is also the younger sister of Lieutenant General Maria Barrett. Lodi and Barrett are the United States Army's first ever sister General...
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  • Karen Obilom (category American people of Nigerian descent)
    Rel Howery in the 2023 film The Mill (2023). Obilom is from Texas and is of Nigerian descent. N'Duka, Amanda (October 13, 2020). "Christiani Pitts, Karen...
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  • Freeman – Medal of Honor recipient. Brigadier General John C. Gilmore - Medal of Honor recipient. Brigadier General Edward S. Godfrey – Medal of Honor recipient...
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    Joe Foss (category World War II recipients of the Medal of Honor)
    leading Marine fighter ace in World War II. He received the Medal of Honor in recognition of his role in air combat during the Guadalcanal Campaign. In...
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  • 2024 deaths in the United States (category Lists of deaths in 2024)
    6' finalist in 2004, dies at 58 Congressional Medal of Honor Society Announces Passing of Medal of Honor Recipient Roger H. C. Donlon Former UMD Men's...
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  • The Carnegie Medal for Writing, established in 1936 as the Carnegie Medal, is a British literary award for English-language book for children or young...
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    (Milwaukee) Edward E. Lyon (1871–1931), Philippine–American War Medal of Honor recipient (Hixton) M–O Arthur MacArthur Jr. (1845–1912), Medal of Honor Civil...
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    Theodore Roosevelt Jr. (category Battle of Normandy recipients of the Medal of Honor)
    Utah Beach during the Normandy landings, for which he received the Medal of Honor. Roosevelt was educated at private academies and Harvard University;...
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