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No, Bob Keeshan did not receive the Medal of Honor. Bob Keeshan was an American television personality, best known for his role as Captain Kangaroo. The Medal of Honor is the highest military decoration awarded to members of the United States Armed Forces for acts of valor in combat.
In the US, it's the Congressional Medal of Honour.
Teddy Rosevelt was awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor on January 16, 2001.
No Ediso did not receive the Medal of Honor. The last civilian to actually recieve the Medal of Honor was just about 1917. Then Congress caught up to itself and forbade civilians to recieve any more Medal's of Honor.
Congressional Medal of Honor
The Congressional Medal of Honor is bestowed to members of the military. George M. Cohan was awarded the Congressional Gold Medal in 1936, which is a civilian award, and is not the same as the Medal of Honor. See link below for full list of recipients:
Congressional Space Medal of Honor was created on 1969-09-29.
Because the awarding of the Medal of Honor is done by an act of Congress. The US Medal of Honor was authorized by the Congress in 1862. The first Army soldier to receive the Medal was Private Jacob Parrott.
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who was awarded the congressional medal of honor for his defense of an important hill
No, the highest award a military member can receive is the Congressional Medal of Honor.
Congressional Gold Medal is the highest honor which a civilian may be awarded.The Congressional Medal of Honor is strictly military.