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Yes, at least one. The British Unknown Soldier from WWI.
Congressional Space Medal of Honor was created on 1969-09-29.
who was awarded the congressional medal of honor for his defense of an important hill
Congressional Gold Medal is the highest honor which a civilian may be awarded.The Congressional Medal of Honor is strictly military.
Why was Lawrence M. Peters awarded the Congressional Medal Of Honor for his service in Vietnam?
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:
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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.
No, the Medal of Honor is a Combat award. Astronauts are not eligible. He was awarded the Congressional Gold Medal (the highest civilian award possible, equivalent to the Congressional Medal of Honor), along with fellow astronauts John Glenn, Neil Armstrong and Michael Collins, on Nov 16, 2011.
Act of Congress. This is why sometimes erroneously the Medal of Honor is called the Congressional Medal of Honor
The Congressional Medal of Honor Society only lists his Medal as being for "gallantry in action."
She got the Congressional medal of honor