Medals and decorations
Distinguished Service Cross
Bronze Star with one Oak Leaf Cluster * Purple Heart * American Defense Service Medal * European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal with 3 service stars and arrow device * World War II Victory Medal * Army of Occupation Medal * National Defense Service Medal * Presidential Unit Citation with one Oak Leaf Cluster * Parachutist Badge with 2 jump stars * Combat Infantryman Badge * Orange Lanyard of the Royal Netherlands Army * Medal of the City of Eindhoven (2006)
You dont' WIN the Medal of Honor. It is awarded for Valor and Bravery
Medal of Honor
He was not a Medal of Honor recipient. He was awarded 3 Purple Heart medals for wounds suffered during WWII and one Silver Star for Valor.
A Private Joe P. Martinez was awarded the Medal of Honor for his actions on Attu Island on 26 May 1943. The award was given posthumously. The full citation can be found on www.army.mil/cmh.
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You dont' WIN the Medal of Honor. It is awarded for Valor and Bravery
it won the honor not the medal.
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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.
congressional medal of honor