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How a Civil War Drummer Boy Became the Youngest Medal of Honor Recipient
Civil War drummer boy Willie Johnston received the Medal of Honor on Sept. 16, 1863, two months after his 13th birthday.
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The first Medals of Honor received for a foreign conflict happened in Korea
The Medal of Honor, the United States’ highest award for valor in the face of the enemy, was established during the Civil War ...
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The Army Medic Who Received the Medal of Honor for Taking Out a Chinese Squad with His Bare Hands
David Bruce Bleak received the Medal of Honor from President Dwight D. Eisenhower at a White House ceremony on Oct. 27, 1953.
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Bill Introduced To Honor 200,000 Black Union Soldiers With Gold Medal
A new bill aims to award the Congressional Gold Medal to the African Americans who fought for the Union in the Civil War. Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-D.C.) and Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ ...
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Freedom of the Falklands granted to South Atlantic Medal holders
and reflection of the war and who never returned. Mr Gary Clement MBE, the representative of the South Atlantic Medal Association (82) (SAMA(82)), to the Falkland Islands, accepted the Freedom on ...