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That answer is subject to change on a daily basis since many of the 87 living recipient are growing old (Barney F. Hajiro, US Army is 94). But there are 15 living Medal of Honor winners from the Marine Corps among that select group.
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How many medal of honors still live in 2009?
There are 96 living recipients of the MOH alive today.
Is Clarence Eugene Sasser the medal of honor winner still alive?
Yes he is. He is aged 64
Has anyone received both the medal of honor and the purple heart?
Yes. Most of the time, when you are considered for Medal of Honor, you have been wounded, and still continue to put your life at risk for others.
Black people who have received Medal of Honor?
Technically speaking, no one has ever won the Medal of Honor. Hundreds of brave American soldiers, sailors, airmen and marines have received the highest award for valor that our nation can bestow since its creation during the Civil War (except airmen, since air warfare didn't come about until WWI). During World War 2, none of the Medal of Honor recipients were African-American. I stress that it was during the war that no African Americans received the Medal of Honor. According to the US military history archives, the US government sought to rectify the situation in the 1990s under President William J. Clinton. After searching the records of thousands of service personnel, ten candidates met the criteria for receiving the Medal. It also took an Act of Congress to award these Medals of Honor, as a statute of limitations had been reached. Of the ten citations for "valor above and beyond the call of duty", seven men were chosen to receive the Medal of Honor for their actions. By the time the Medals were to be presented, however, only one man was still alive. The President decided to award the remaining six Medals posthumously (after death). The only living African American recipient of the Medal of Honor was 1st LT Vernon J. Baker, and he received his Medal of Honor from President Clinton on 13 January 1997. The Medals of Honor for the deceased recipients were awarded to surviving family members, as is the protocol for a posthumous medal.Edits:The ten candidates that were selected for the Medal of Honor had originally received the Distinguished Service Cross. After the government inquiry, it was deemed that their actions should have resulted in the Medal of Honor being awarded. In 1993, the US Army had commissioned a study into racial discrimination in awarding medals during WWII.1st LT Vernon Baker died at the age of 90 from brain cancer on 13 July 2010. Following protocol for Medal of Honor recipients, his body was laid to rest in Arlington National Cemetery. (Source: Wikipedia)
What award was dr Mary Edwards walker the first woman to receive?
The Medal of Honor. Decades after the Civil War ended the army set up a board to review the Medals of Honor awarded during the war, and they vacated about one thousand, including that to Dr. Walker. Dr. Walker was still alive, and was asked to return her Medal, but she refused to do so.
Do people still play Medal of Honor 2010 on Xbox Live?
Yes but not that many it might take little to find a match
Why was Veterans Day started?
Veterans day was started to honor the veterans that have served and are still alive.
Is Sandra day o'connor alive?
Yes. Sandra Day O'Connor, who was the first woman appointed to the US Supreme Court, is still alive as of June 2010. She was a member of the Court from 1981 until 2006.
Who are the last living people to still have a medal of honor from World War 1?
i don't kno how many are stilll living but there was 119 men who received medals for there actions.
In 1997 Vernor Baker was awarded the medal of honor. How was this award historically significant?
Vernon Baker was the first and only livingAfrican-American to be awarded the US Medal of Honor for World War Two heroism. He was a US Army Officer during the Second World War fighting against the Germans in northern Italy. He was an African-American assigned to the the all-Black 92nd Infantry Division. He performed these heroic actions in April 1945 and was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross. The DSC is the nation's second-highest award for valor. In 1993 the US Army began a review of his and other WW2 African-American heroes wartime service to determine if their DSC Awards merited upgrades to the Medal of Honor. Baker was one of seven US Army soldiers that had their awards upgraded to the Medal of Honor. Unfortunately, Baker was the only one of the seven still alive by the time it was awarded in 1997. President Bill Clinton did the honors personally at the White House on January 13, 1997.
Did Mary walker win any awards in her life?
yes, Mary Edwards Walker won the Medal of Honor for her amazing service. She was and still is the only woman to have ever won it
Where is Douglas MacArthurs son?
Arthur MacArthur was born in Manila on Feb. 21, 1938. Arthur MacArthur didn't fit into the family's West Point military tradition and graduated from Columbia University in 1961. One report is that he changed his name and became a concert pianist and writer. He is still alive somewhere. In an obituary published several years ago for one of his relatives he is quite clearly listed among the surviving relatives. Some say he might be a Wall Street businessman, and another report he was an artist. Apparently he just wants to live his life quietly.
