🌓 Medal Of Honor Recipients Recent

3,535 Medals of Honor awarded. 268 for Vietnam. 65 living Medal of Honor recipients. 54 total Army aviators have received the Medal of Honor. 12 Army aviators received the Medal of Honor for service in Vietnam. Source: The Army Aviation Museum; Congressional Medal of Honor Society Bennie Adkins was awarded the Medal of Honor for his service during the Vietnam War. He earned the Medal for his actions in March 1966. Recipient Adkins went beyond the call of duty to ensure the safety of others and saved the lives of several wounded comrades by retrieving much-needed supplies. 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 of its armed forces. The recipients must have distinguished themselves at the risk of their own life above and beyond the call of duty in action against an enemy of the United States. Due to the nature of this medal, it is commonly presented Irish-born Boatswain’S Mate Patrick Mullen earned two Medals of Honor in 1865. On March 17, during a boating expedition, Mullen’s howitzer fire dispersed enemy soldiers. Then, on May 1, he Summary: President Obama awarded the Medal of Honor to Corporal William "Kyle" Carpenter, a retired U.S. Marine. Corporal Carpenter received the medal for his courageous actions during combat operations against an armed enemy in Helmand Province, Afghanistan. Watch on YouTube. At the White House this afternoon, President Obama awarded the Medal The parade will conclude with a special ceremony at 1 p.m. in front of the Coolidge National Medal of Honor Heritage Center where local, state and national dignitaries will make comments honoring Retired Army Sgt. Maj. Kenneth E. Stumpf, a Medal of Honor recipient, died Saturday at the age of 77, according to the Congressional Medal of Honor Society. Stumpf was a specialist on April 25 More than 16 years after his death, Alwyn Cashe on Thursday will become the first Black recipient of the Medal of Honor for actions in the recent wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. G6tPdhd.

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