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Seven service members have received the Medal of Honor for actions in Iraq; five from the Army, one from the Marine Corps and one from the Navy. Paul Ray Smith was the first to receive it for his actions on April 4, 2003, when he held enemy forces back, allowing other wounded soldiers to be evacuated to safety.
[1] [15] The Medal of Honor was introduced for the Naval Service in 1861, [16] soon followed by the Army's version in 1862. [17] The Air Force used the Army's version until they received their own distinctive version in 1965. [18] The Medal of Honor is the oldest continuously issued combat decoration of the United States Armed Forces. [19]
John Davis (Medal of Honor, 1881) John Davis (Medal of Honor, 1898) Joseph H. Davis (Medal of Honor) Raymond E. Davis; Samuel W. Davis; Richard De Wert; Charles Deakin; Samuel David Dealey; Percy A. Decker; Osborn Deignan; John Dempsey (Medal of Honor) John Dempster (Medal of Honor) Michael Deneef; Austin Denham; Lorenzo Denning; Richard Dennis ...
Robert Eugene Bush (October 4, 1926 – November 8, 2005), at age 18, was the youngest member of the United States Navy in World War II to receive the nation's highest military decoration for valor, the Medal of Honor.
Admiral; recipient of the Medal of Honor for actions in handling an artillery and machine gun battalion during the United States occupation of Veracruz in April 1914; Navy Cross recipient for actions during World War I; commander, United States Atlantic Fleet during World War II; football player and head football coach at the Academy [8] [30]
Marvin Glenn Shields (December 30, 1939 – June 10, 1965) was the first and only United States Navy Seabee to be awarded the Medal of Honor.He was also the first sailor to receive the Medal of Honor for heroism above and beyond the call of duty in the Vietnam War.
For this action, he was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor. [1] He was one of two people from Haywood County, North Carolina, to receive the medal in World War II, the other being Max Thompson. [2] Halyburton is buried at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific at Honolulu, Hawaii. [1]
Francis Charles Flaherty (March 15, 1919 – December 7, 1941) was an officer in the United States Naval Reserve and a recipient of America's highest military decoration — the Medal of Honor. He was awarded the Medal of Honor for helping his crewmates escape the sinking USS Oklahoma (BB-37) at the expense of his own life, during the Japanese ...