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    President of the United States of America, in the name of Congress, takes pleasure in presenting the Medal of Honor to Sergeant James Madison Burns, United...
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  • American lawyer and politician James M. Burns (judge) (1924–2001), U.S. federal judge James M. Burns (Medal of Honor) (1845–1910), Union Army soldier...
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  • Thumbnail for List of American Civil War Medal of Honor recipients: M–P
    This is a complete alphabetical list (M to P) of Medal of Honor recipients during the Civil War. Many of the awards during the Civil War were for capturing...
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    This is a complete alphabetical list (A to F) 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 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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  • Thumbnail for List of Medal of Honor recipients for World War II
    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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  • Medal of Honor recipient. Lieutenant Colonel James M. BurnsMedal of Honor recipient. Lieutenant Colonel Frederick Fuger – Medal of Honor recipient...
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  • (Medal of Honor, 1864) (1826–1881), Medal of Honor recipient in the American Civil War James Smith (Medal of Honor, 1872) (1838–?), Medal of Honor recipient...
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    highest honor given in the US chemical industry. The Perkin Medal was first awarded in 1906 to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the discovery of mauveine...
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  • Thumbnail for List of American Civil War Medal of Honor recipients: G–L
    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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  • 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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    in Brooklyn, New York, to Lyla Smith (née Tupper) Burns, a biotechnician, and Robert Kyle Burns Jr., at the time a graduate student in cultural anthropology...
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  • Thumbnail for Actors Fund Medal of Honor
    The Actors Fund Medal of Honor has been awarded since 1910 by the Actors' Fund of America to individuals and organizations that are committed to enriching...
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    Desmond Doss (category Recipients of the Medal of Honor)
    men, acting on his own, becoming the first of only three conscientious objectors to receive the Medal of Honor for this and other actions, the others being...
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    Oscar V. Peterson (category World War II recipients of the Medal of Honor)
    United States Navy who received the Medal of Honor posthumously in World War II for his actions during the Battle of the Coral Sea. Peterson was born in...
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  • Thumbnail for List of African-American Medal of Honor recipients
    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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  • 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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    6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion (category African-American history of the United States military)
    honored". KSNV. Retrieved 2024-12-30. Truesdell, Jeff (July 28, 2022). "Meet Romay Davis, 102-Year-Old Black Female Army Vet Honored with Gold Medal for...
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  • Thumbnail for List of Medal of Honor recipients for the Indian Wars
    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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  • American Civil War sailor and Medal of Honor recipient Robert A. Graham (1912–1997), American Jesuit priest and historian of the Vatican Robert Graham (sculptor)...
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  • Thumbnail for William J. Burns (diplomat)
    on March 23. In July 2023, Biden elevated Burns to a position in his cabinet, a largely symbolic action. Burns was born at Fort Liberty (formerly Fort Bragg)...
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  • Thumbnail for National Medal of Arts
    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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  • Epsilon) – Medal of Honor recipient Edgar H. Lloyd (University of Arkansas, Alpha Iota) – Medal of Honor recipient Harry J. Michael – Medal of Honor recipient...
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  • Thumbnail for William Wilson (Medal of Honor)
    for being one of only nineteen individuals to twice receive his nation's highest award for valor, the U.S. Medal of Honor. The first medal, which was conveyed...
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  • Thumbnail for LeBron James
    three gold medals at the Olympics. Standing 6 feet 9 inches (2.06 m) tall and weighing 250 pounds (113 kg), James has played the majority of his career...
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    related to James M. Gavin. James M. Gavin at IMDb "Military Security Blanket" Audio interview at Center for Study of Democratic Institutions James M. Gavin...
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  • Thumbnail for List of National Medal of Science laureates
    The National Medal of Science is an honor bestowed by the President of the United States to individuals in science and engineering who have made important...
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  • Thumbnail for List of Medal of Honor recipients in non-combat incidents
    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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    travels concurrent with US 395 through Hines and Burns to about 2 miles (3.2 km) northeast of Burns. From Burns, US 20 continues east through Juntura and Vale...
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  • of My Voice.[citation needed] In 2010, Keach received the Ellis Island Medal of Honor.[citation needed] Keach was married to Holly Collins, sister of...
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