You dont' WIN the Medal of Honor. It is awarded for Valor and Bravery
it won the honor not the medal.
Yes.
she was persistant
the Spingarn medal. this medal was the NAACPs highest honor.
No, you do not have to die to win the Medal of Honor. There have been many winners who lived through the action for which they were cited, Audie Murphy, Jimmy Doolittle to name a couple.
william carney
It won in 1968.
Sergeant William Carney was the first black soldier to be awarded the Medal of Honor. This was during the Civil War.
No. The Medal of Honor is a military medal for an extraordinary act of bravery in the armed forces. LL Cool J is a rapper who has never served in his life.
It is the highest award that can be given to a member of the US services for bravery in battle. Most of the service men who have been recipients of this medal have died in the course of their action. It is quite common for someone to say that a soldier "WON the Medal of Honor." This is incorrect, you don't "WIN" the Medal of Honor. It's not a contest. He was "Awarded the Medal of Honor" is the correct phrase. The name of the medal is: Medal of Honor. To call it Congressional Medal of Honor is not correct. It is awarded in the name of the Congress by the President of the United States.
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