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[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]
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.
Robert Roland Ingram (born January 20, 1945) is a retired United States Navy hospital corpsman third class and a recipient of the United States' highest military decoration, the Medal of Honor, for heroism during the Vietnam War.
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 ...
Schmidt served in the U.S. Navy from 1913 until 1919. [2] He rose to the rank of Chief Gunner's Mate. On October 9, 1918, while a crew member on USS Chestnut Hill (ID-2526), he assisted in the rescue of crewmen from the burning submarine chaser USS SC-219 following a gasoline explosion. [3] For this act, he was awarded the Medal of Honor.
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.
Medal of Honor (2) John Cooper (July 24, 1828 – August 22, 1891) (born as John Laver Mather Cooper ) was a member of the United States Navy . He is one of only nineteen people who have received the Medal of Honor twice and one of only fourteen to receive the Medal of Honor for two distinct events.
For his conduct during that effort, Chief Torpedoman Mihalowski was awarded the Medal of Honor. Three other divers also received Medals of Honor for assisting in the Squalus rescue and salvage. The four men were presented with their medals during a ceremony at the Navy Department offices on January 19, 1940.