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President Donald Trump presents the Public Safety Officer Medal of Valor in the East Room of the White House in May 2019. The original Medal of Valor was established on June 29, 2000, by President Bill Clinton with his issuance of Executive Order 13161 and was originally called the Presidential Medal of Valor for Public Safety Officers.
Several English-speaking nations have a medal called the "Medal of Bravery" or the "Medal of Valor", including Canada and Tanzania.The three Canadian Bravery Decorations were created in 1972, to recognize people who risked their lives to try to save or protect the lives of others: the Cross of Valour (C.V.) recognizes acts of the most conspicuous courage in circumstances of extreme peril; the ...
U.S. Military Awards for Valor is a website published by the United States Department of Defense established in 2012 to track recipients of awards and decorations of the United States military. It currently contains the complete list of Medal of Honor recipients for actions since the September 11, 2001 attacks .
The medal — renamed in 2020 for Ganci, who died on 9/11 — is the Fire Department’s equivalent of the Congressional Medal of Honor. Neary was the first firefighter to win the medal twice.
Fire Prevention Officer Matt Newton was awarded the Bernerd M. Robertson Medal of Valor for rescuing two swimmers caught in a rip current at Hampton Beach.
In a White House ceremony, Obama said the officers honored with the Public Safety Medal of Valor had helped to save countless lives. In a White House ceremony, Obama said the officers honored with ...
Public Safety Officer Medal of Valor (awarded by the President to public safety officers cited by the Attorney General) Law Enforcement Congressional Badge of Bravery—Federal Law Enforcement Congressional Badge of Bravery—State and Local
During the First and Second World Wars, the Croix de Guerre medals of France and Belgium, as well as the French Military Medal and Luxembourg War Cross, were further issued as unit citation cords, known as Fourragère. Service members could receive both the individual award and the unit cord; in the case of the later, the unit citation could ...