There are indeed more MOH that have been given out than people who have received them. The reason is twofold. First, nineteen (19) people have been awarded two (2). Also, the Unknown US soldiers from WWI, WWII and Korea have each been given one.
Since it's creation in 1862 during the American Civil War, there have been just short of one thousand Medals of Honor awarded.
Seventeen as the USAF and 59 if the Army Air Corps is included. A full and comprehensive list of ALL recipients can be found at : (See the Link Below)
3,447 MOH have been awarded
194 excluding those AFX awards that were subsequently upgraded to the Medal of Honor.
As of 2017 no Medal of Honor winner has been openly gay.
3,447 people have been awarded the Medal of Honor
Medal of Honor is rated teen because there is no blood, if there was it would have been rated mature.
Absolutely. Go to the Congressional Medal of Honor Society's website cmohs.org and you'll find the full list of everyone who was awarded the Medal.
To date. only one person has been awarded BOTH the Medal of Honor and the Presidential Medal of Freedom. General James H. Doolittle
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.
The Medal of Honor is awarded by the President of the USA (Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces) in the name of the Congress. This is why it is sometimes referred to as "the Congressional Medal of Honor" in error,
The first series of 'Medal of Honor Pacific Assault" was released in 2004. This was not the first of the games entitled 'Medal of Honor' and it was not the last. All in all, there have been sixteen of these games.
The US Medal of Honor has been awarded twice to nineteen people.
Punkbuster support for Medal of Honor: Airborne (and most likely the older Medal of Honor titles) has ceased. All info and files relating to Medal of Honor: Airborne have been removed from the website.
Yes, in Medal of Honor (2010), single-player missions can be replayed on the same, lower or higher difficulty when they have been completed.