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2. Purple Heart - Wikipedia

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   During World War II, members of this service who met the Purple Heart criteria received a Merchant Marine Mariner's Medal instead. The most recent Purple Hearts presented to non-military personnel occurred after the terrorist attacks at Khobar Towers , Saudi Arabia, in 1996—for their injuries, about 40 U.S. civil service employees received ...

3. List of Medal of Honor recipients for World War II - Wikipedia

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   The earliest action for which a U.S. serviceman earned a World War II Medal of Honor was the attack on Pearl Harbor, for which 17 U.S. servicemen were awarded a Medal, although they did so "while engaged in military operations involving conflict with an opposing foreign force" rather than "enemy" since the United States was neutral during the ...

4. List of Medal of Honor recipients for the Attack on Pearl Harbor

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   The Medal of Honor is the highest military decoration presented by the United States government to a member of its armed forces. The attack on Pearl Harbor was a surprise military strike on the neutral United States by the Imperial Japanese Navy against numerous U.S. military sites on the island of Oahu – with a focus on the naval base at Pearl Harbor – in the U.S. Territory of Hawaii on ...

5. List of military awards and decorations of World War II

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   This list of military awards and decorations of World War II is an index to articles on notable military awards presented by the ... Purple Heart; Distinguished ...

6. John Basilone - Wikipedia

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   John Basilone (November 4, 1916 – February 19, 1945) was a United States Marine Corps gunnery sergeant who received the Medal of Honor for actions during the Battle for Henderson Field in the Guadalcanal campaign, and the Navy Cross posthumously for extraordinary heroism during the Battle of Iwo Jima.

7. Manitowoc native who earned Purple Heart in WWII subject of ...

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   She also was a flyer and a member of the Women’s Air Force Service Pilots for 21 months during World War II. The two were married Dec. 26, 1946, at St. Boniface Church in Manitowoc, the obituary ...

8. Henry E. Erwin - Wikipedia

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   Purple Heart Air Medal (2) Henry Eugene Erwin Sr. (May 8, 1921 – January 16, 2002) was a United States Army Air Forces airman and a recipient of the U.S. military's highest decoration—the Medal of Honor —for his actions in World War II .

9. WWII soldiers posthumously receive Purple Heart medals 79 ...

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   The families of five Hawaii men who served in a unit of Japanese-language linguists during World War II received posthumous Purple Heart medals on behalf of their loved ones on Friday, nearly ...