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U.S. Army photo by Elizabeth Fraser / Arlington National Cemetery / released: Headline: Medal of Honor Recipient Headstone in Section 1: City shown: Arlington: Orientation: Normal: Horizontal resolution: 150 dpi: Vertical resolution: 150 dpi: Software used: Adobe Photoshop Camera Raw 11.1 (Macintosh) File change date and time: 14:49, 14 ...
The President of the United States of America, in the name of Congress, takes pleasure in presenting the Medal of Honor to Private Bruce Anderson, United States Army, for extraordinary heroism on 15 January 1865, while serving with Company K, 142d New York Infantry, in action at Fort Fisher, North Carolina.
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.
After the Spanish–American War, however, medals in the U.S. Army fell into disuse and, apart from a few peacetime Medal of Honor decorations, two medals for service in Mexico, or on the border, during the period 1911–17, plus the Civil War Campaign Medal and the Indian Campaign Medal, both finally authorized in 1907, there were no further ...
Medal of Honor Ralph George Neppel (October 31, 1923 – January 27, 1987) was a United States Army soldier and a recipient of the United States military's highest decoration, the Medal of Honor , for his actions in World War II shortly before the Battle of the Bulge .
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. [1] Recipients must have distinguished themselves at the risk of their own lives above and beyond the call of duty in action against an enemy of the United States. [ 2 ]
The Medal of Honor is one of only two United States military awards suspended from a neck ribbon. [75] The other is the Commander's Degree of the Legion of Merit, and is usually awarded to individuals serving foreign governments. [76] [77]