The recipients list includes soldiers, sailors, marines, and airmen, officers and enlisted. Amongst these heroes are eighteen men of the Jewish faith. Their stories are among the many examples if bravery and gallantry shown by Jews in the United States armed forces. The Medal of Honor stands for the highest degree of heroism; its recipients
James Howell Howard (April 8, 1913 – March 18, 1995) was a general in the United States Air Force and the only fighter pilot in the European Theater of Operations in World War II to receive the Medal of Honor — the United States military's highest decoration. [1] Howard was an ace in two operational theaters during World War II, with six
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Louisiana. Louisiana (updated 5 Mar 2023) Maine. Maine (updated 19 Oct 2022) Maryland. Maryland (updated 20 Feb 2021) Massachusetts. Massachusetts (updated 23 Jun 2021) Michigan. Learn about the Congressional Medal of Honor, explore the famous medal recipients from World War II, and view a list. Updated: 11/21/2023 Table of Contents
Other Navy awards: Navy Cross, Bronze Star Medal. Citation: For conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty as commanding officer of the U.S.S. Johnston in action against major units of the enemy Japanese fleet during the battle off Samar on 25 October 1944.
He was 98. Hershel “Woody” Williams, the last surviving Medal of Honor recipient from World War II, died Wednesday at a hospital in Huntington, West Virginia. He was 98. The Marine Corps
Sgt Matej Kocak (Awarded both an Army and Navy MOH), 18 July 1918. Villers-Cotterets, France. World War I. 66th Company, 5th Regiment. Cpl Anthony Casamento, 1 November 1942. Guadalcanal, British Solomon Islands. World War II. Company D, 1st Battalion, 5th Marines. Cpl Lewis Kenneth Bausell, 15 September 1944. Medal of Honor Recipient Jose Calugas at his Medal of Honor presentation ceremony on April 30, 1945. Jose Calugas was born into a large peasant family in Leon, on Panay Island in the Philippines in 1907. By his own admission, he found life there boring and got a job before finishing school.
Although under constant enemy observation, the two men remained in this position for an hour, firing at targets of opportunity, killing more than 35 hostile soldiers, and wounding many more. Moving closer to the station and discovering a group of Japanese replacements attempting to reach pillboxes, they opened heavy fire, killed more than 40
La Belle, James D., private first class, USMCR— 8 March 1945 (Posthumous award) Lummus, Jack, first lieutenant, USMCR— 8 March 1945 (Posthumous award) Martin, Harry L., first lieutenant, USMCR — 26 March 1945 (Posthumous award) Phillips, George, private, USMCR — 14 March 1945 (Posthumous award) Ruhl, Donald J., private first class
Hershel Woodrow "Woody" Williams. On Feb. 23, 1945, then-Corporal Hershel "Woody" Williams, a Marine Demolition Operator, confronted a series of camouflaged, reinforced concrete pill boxes lining the outskirts of an airfield that U.S. Marines were trying to take on Iwo Jima. Over the course of four hours, armed with a flamethrower and guarded
The Allies won. The result was the United States and Soviet Union emerged as the world's two leading superpowers . During this conflict 464 United States military personnel received the Medal of Honor, 266 of them posthumously. Seventeen of these were Japanese-Americans fighting in both Europe and the Pacific.
The Medal of Honor is the highest military award for bravery that can be conferred on a member of the American armed forces. It is bestowed for a deed of supreme valor. More often than not, the Medal of Honor is awarded posthumously. Congress established the Medal of Honor in 1861. Because it was the only military medal in existence and the
Conscientious objector awarded Medal of Honor. Private First Class Desmond T. Doss of Lynchburg, Virginia, is presented the Medal of Honor for outstanding bravery as a combat medic, the first
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