Transcript Author Christopher Rochford Instructor Eve Levinson View bio Explore what a Medal of Honor is and identify who has the most Medals of Honor in American history. Learn about the
The President of the United States, in the name of the United States Congress, has awarded 3,471 Medals of Honor to the nation's soldiers, sailors, airmen, Marines, and coast guardsmen since the decoration's creation in 1861. [2]
There have been 19 double Medal of Honor recipients. The Medal of Honor is the only U.S. military award worn around the neck as opposed to being pinned on the uniform. Among other privileges, Medal of Honor recipients receive invitations to attend presidential inaugurations and accompanying festivities.
Our interactive database contains every Medal of Honor recipient since its initial inception in 1861. Use the search bar to filter and sort the database by first name, last name, service branch, and conflict.
Hispanic American • • World War II was a global military conflict. It is also called Second World War. It was the joining of what started off as two separate conflicts. The first began in Asia as the Second Sino-Japanese War. The other began in Europe in 1939 with the German invasion of Poland. [1]
Medal of Honor Recipients by Conflict; Conflicts Recipients; Civil War: 1522: Indian Campaigns: 426: Korea 1871: 15: Spanish American: 110: Samoa: 4: Philippine Insurrection: 80: Philippine
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