- Audie Murphy
Audie Leon Murphy was an American soldier in World War II, and later became a famous actor, in 44 American films, in addition to being a songwriter. In 27 months of combat action, Murphy became the most decorated United States combat soldier of World War II. He received the Medal of Honor, the U.S. military's highest award for valor, along with 32 additional U.S. medals, five from France, and one from Belgium. - Bud Day
George E. "Bud" Day (born February 24, 1925) is a former U.S. Air Force pilot during the Vietnam War and recipient of the Medal of Honor. He is often cited as being the most decorated U.S. service member since General Douglas MacArthur, having received some seventy decorations, a majority for actions in combat. Day enlisted in the United States Marine Corps in 1942 and served thirty months in the South Pacific during World War II. - Jason Dunham
Jason Dunham was a Corporal in the United States Marine Corps who served with 4th Platoon, Company K, 3rd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment (3/7), I Marine Expeditionary Force, 1st Marine Division, during Operation Iraqi Freedom. On November 10, 2006, at the dedication of the National Museum of the Marine Corps, President George W. Bush announced that Dunham would be awarded the Medal of Honor for his actions on April 14, 2004 near Husaybah, Iraq. - Roger Donlon
Roger Hugh C. Donlon (born on January 30, 1934 in Saugerties, New York) is a retired United States Army officer who was the first man to receive the Medal Of Honor in Vietnam, as well as the first member of the Special Forces so honored. Donlon is the seventh child of eight. He attended the New York State College of Forestry at Syracuse University for a year. He joined the United States Air Force in 1953 and was admitted to West Point in 1955, … - Buffalo Bill
William Frederick "Buffalo Bill" Cody (February 26, 1846 - January 10, 1917) was an American soldier, bison hunter and showman. He was born in the American state of Iowa, near Le Claire. He was one of the most colorful figures of the Old West, and mostly famous for the shows he organized with cowboy themes. Buffalo Bill is a recipient of the Medal of Honor. - Smedley Butler
Smedley Darlington Butler (July 30, 1881 - June 21, 1940), nicknamed "The Fighting Quaker" and "Old Gimlet Eye," was a Major General in the U.S. Marine Corps and, at the time of his death, the most decorated Marine in U.S. history. Butler was awarded the brevet medal (the highest Marine medal at its time), and subsequently the Medal of Honor twice during his career, one of only 19 people to be awarded the MOH medal twice. - Daniel Inouye
Daniel Inouye is the eldest son of Japanese immigrants who worked on the Hawaiian sugar plantations where Daniel was born and raised. He lived in what he described as a Japanese-American ghetto. He went to the local Hawaiian school, at which the student body was 90% ethnic Japanese. As a young boy, Daniel accidentally fell and broke his left arm in a terrible compound fracture. The local doctor, an Ear, Nose and Throat specialist, set the arm. It mended, but not well. - Paul Ray Smith
Paul Ray Smith (September 24, 1969-April 4, 2003) was a United States Army Sergeant First Class who was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for actions in Operation Iraqi Freedom while serving with B Company, 11th Engineer Battalion, 3rd Infantry Division in Baghdad, Iraq. He was also the first recipient of the Medal of Honor Flag. - Charles Lindbergh
Charles Augustus Lindbergh (4 February 1902 - 26 August 1974), known as "Lucky Lindy" and "The Lone Eagle," was an American pilot famous for the first solo, non-stop flight across the Atlantic, from Roosevelt Field, Long Island, NY to Paris in 1927 in the "Spirit of St. Louis." In the ensuing deluge of notoriety, Lindbergh became the world's best-known aviator. Charles Lindbergh is a recipient of the Medal of Honor. In the years prior to World War II, … - Pappy Boyington
Colonel Gregory "Pappy" Boyington, USMC, (December 4, 1912 - January 11, 1988) was an American fighter ace. Boyington flew initially with the American Volunteer Group ("The Flying Tigers") in the Republic of China Air Force during the Second Sino-Japanese War. He later commanded the famous U.S. Marine Corps squadron, VMF-214 ("The Black Sheep Squadron") during World War II. Boyington became a prisoner of war later in the war. - Joe Foss
Joseph Jacob "Joe" Foss (April 17, 1915-January 1, 2003) was a leading "ace" fighter pilot in the United States Marine Corps during World War II, a 1943 recipient of the Medal of Honor, a general in the Air National Guard, and the 20th Governor of South Dakota. - Alvin York
Alvin Cullum York was a United States soldier, famous for his heroism in World War I. He was awarded the Medal of Honor for leading an attack on a German machine gun nest, killing 20 German soldiers and capturing 132 others. From York's Medal of Honor citation: York was born in Pall Mall, Tennessee, in the Valley of the Three Forks of the Wolf, the third of eleven children born to William York and Mary Elizabeth York, née Brooks. As was typical of the area and times, … - John Smith
John Smith (born 1854, date of death unknown) was a United States Navy sailor and a recipient of America's highest military decoration, the Medal of Honor. On 19 September 1880, Smith was serving as an Seaman on the screw sloop USS "Shenandoah" at Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, when he saved a man from drowning. For his actions on that occasion, Seaman Smith was awarded the Medal of Honor four years later, on 18 October 1884. - Frank Miller
Frank Miller was a Union soldier, awarded the Medal of Honor for his capture of the flag of the 25th Battalion Virginia Infantry at the Battle of Sayler's Creek, Virginia on April 6, 1865. - Christopher Lennertz
Christopher Lennertz (born January 2, 1972) is a musical composer for video games, films, and television shows. He attended the Thornton School of Music at USC, where he studied with Academy Award winner Elmer Bernstein. Lennertz won several awards for his 2003 soundtrack to "Medal of Honor: Rising Sun", the first of three "Medal of Honor" games composed by Lennertz. - Leonard Wood
Leonard Wood (October 9, 1860 - August 7, 1927) was a physician who served as the Chief of Staff of the United States Army and Governor General of the Philippines. Early in his military career, he was awarded the Medal of Honor. - Chesty Puller
Lieutenant General Lewis "Chesty" Burwell Puller (June 26, 1898 - October 11, 1971) was an officer in the United States Marine Corps and was the most decorated Marine in history. Puller was the first, and only, United States Marine to receive the Navy Cross, the U.S. Navy's second highest decoration after the Medal of Honor, five times. During his career, he fought guerillas in Haiti and Nicaragua, … - James Stockdale
Vice Admiral James Bond Stockdale (December 23, 1923 - July 5, 2005) was one of the most highly decorated officers in the history of the United States Navy. Shot down over enemy territory in 1965, Stockdale was the highest ranking naval officer held as a prisoner of war in Vietnam. He was released in 1973. He was awarded 26 personal combat decorations, including the Medal of Honor and four Silver Stars. - Jimmy Doolittle
General James Harold "Jimmy" Doolittle, Sc.D. USAF (December 14 1896 - September 27 1993) was an American aviation pioneer. Doolittle served with as a general in the United States Army Air Forces during the Second World War, earning the Medal of Honor as the commander of the Doolittle Raid. - Eddie Rickenbacker
Eddie Rickenbacker was best known as a World War I fighter ace and Medal of Honor recipient. He was also a race car driver and automotive designer, a government consultant in military matters and a pioneer in air transportation. During his lifetime, Rickenbacker worked with many influential civilian and military leaders. He had keen insight into technology, and vision for future improvements. - John Basilone
Gunnery Sergeant John Basilone, United States Marine Corps, (November 4, 1916–February 19, 1945), received the Medal of Honor for his actions at the Battle of Guadalcanal during World War II. He held off 3,000 Japanese troops at Guadalcanal, after his 15-member unit was reduced to three men. Basilone was killed in action on the first day of the Battle of Iwo Jima, after which he was posthumously honored with the Navy Cross. - Joshua Chamberlain
Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain (September 8 1828 - February 24 1914) was a college professor from Maine who volunteered to join the Union Army without the benefit of any formal military education, and became a highly respected and decorated Union officer during the American Civil War, reaching the rank of brigadier general (and brevet major general). For his gallantry at Gettysburg, he was awarded the Medal of Honor. - Mary Edwards Walker
Dr. Mary Edwards Walker (November 26, 1832 - February 21, 1919) was an American feminist, abolitionist, prohibitionist, alleged spy, prisoner of war, surgeon, and the only woman to receive the Medal of Honor. - Gary Gordon
Master Sgt. Gary Ivan Gordon (August 30, 1960-October 3, 1993) is a posthumous recipient of the Medal of Honor. At the time of his death, he was a non-commissioned officer in the United States Army's special operations unit, the 1st Special Forces Operational Detachment-Delta (1SFOD-D), or "Delta Force." He earned the Medal of Honor for actions he performed during the Battle of Mogadishu in October 1993. - John Jones
John Jones was a United States Navy sailor and a recipient of America's highest military decoration — the Medal of Honor — for his actions in the American Civil War. As a Landsman serving on the USS "Rhode Island", Jones assisted in the rescue of crew from the sinking ironclad "Monitor". Landsman Jones' official Medal of Honor citation reads: <blockquote>Served on board the U.S.S. "Rhode Island", … - Desmond Doss
Desmond T. Doss was the first conscientious objector to receive the Medal of Honor (Cpl. Thomas W. Bennett, an army medic during World War II, is the only other). He was a Private First Class (at the time of his Medal of Honor heroics) in the U.S. Army assigned to the Medical Detachment, 307th Infantry, 77th Infantry Division. Desmond Doss refused to kill, or carry a weapon into combat, because of his personal beliefs as a Seventh-day Adventist. - Roy Benavidez
Roy Perez Benavidez (August 5, 1935 - November 29, 1998) from DeWitt County, Cuero, Texas, was a U.S. Army Special Forces soldier who was awarded the Medal of Honor for his actions near Loc Ninh, Vietnam on May 2, 1968. He was originally given the Distinguished Service Cross, but upon hearing that he had survived the war, his former commander started the process to have the medal upgraded. - Mitchell Paige
Mitchell Paige (August 31, 1918-November 15, 2003) was a recipient of the Medal of Honor from World War II. He received this most prestigious military honor awarded by the United States of America for his actions at the Battle of Guadalcanal in the Solomon Islands on October 26, 1942, where, after all of the other Marines in his platoon were killed or wounded, he operated four machine guns, singlehandedly stopping an entire Japanese regiment. - John Davis
John Davis (1854 - August 19 1903) was a United States Navy sailor and a recipient of America's highest military decoration, the Medal of Honor. In February 1881, Davis was serving as an Ordinary Seaman on the steamship USS "Trenton" near Toulon, France, when he saved a fellow sailor from drowning. For his actions on that occasion, Ordinary Seaman Davis was awarded the Medal of Honor three years later, on 18 October 1884. - Rafael Peralta
Sergeant Rafael Peralta (April 7, 1979-November 15, 2004) was a United States Marine who was killed in Iraq in 2004 during Operation Phantom Fury in the city of Fallujah. Peralta is under consideration to receive the Medal of Honor. - Edward O'Hare
Lt. Commander Edward Henry "Butch" O'Hare (March 13, 1914 - November 26, 1943) was a naval aviator of the United States Navy who on February 20, 1942 became the US Navy's first flying ace and Medal of Honor recipient in World War II. Butch O'Hare's final action took place on the night of November 26, 1943, while he was leading the US Navy's first-ever nighttime fighter attack launched from an aircraft carrier. - Tibor Rubin
Tibor "Ted" Rubin (born June 18,1929) is a Hungarian-born Holocaust survivor who immigrated to the United States in 1948, and was awarded the Medal of Honor for his actions in the Korean War by President George W. Bush on September 23, 2005. Rubin is a resident of Garden Grove, California, the same hometown of Medal of Honor Nominee Michael A. Monsoor. Rubin was repeatedly nominated for various medals and awards, … - Guy Gabaldon
Guy Louis Gabaldon (March 22, 1926 - August 31, 2006) was a United States Marine in World War II. He was credited with capturing (or persuading to surrender) about 1,000 Japanese soldiers and numerous civilians during the Battle of Saipan (1944). Only a Private First Class at the time, he was nominated for the Medal of Honor but was first awarded the Silver Star. This was later upgraded to the Navy Cross, for these actions. - William Smith
William Smith was a private in the United States Army who won the Medal of Honor for gallantry in action at Chiricahua Mountains, Arizona Territory on October 20, 1869 during the Indian Wars. He should not be confused with William H. Smith, who also won the Medal of Honor for gallantry in action in the same location on the same day. - William Smith
William Smith (born 1838, date of death unknown) was a United States sailor who, as a quartermaster, won the Medal of Honor during the American Civil War. - Vernon Baker
Vernon Joseph Baker (b. December 17, 1919) is a U.S. Army Medal of Honor recipient for his heroic actions on April 5-6, 1945 near Viareggio, Italy during World War II. Baker and his platoon killed 26 enemy soldiers and destroyed six machine gun nests, two observer posts and four dugouts. - Jacklyn H. Lucas
Private First Class Jacklyn Harrell Lucas (born 1928) was a United States Marine who earned the Medal of Honor during the Iwo Jima campaign for unhesitatingly hurling himself over his comrades upon one grenade and for pulling another one under himself. One of the grenades exploded and Lucas absorbed the entire blasting force of it with his own body. Private First Class Lucas, the youngest Marine ever to receive the United States' highest military decoration, … - Bruce P. Crandall
Bruce P. Crandall (born 1933) is a retired U.S. Army officer who was awarded the Medal of Honor on 26 February 2007 for his heroic actions during the Battle of Ia Drang on 14 November 1965, in which he repeatedly flew an unarmed helicopter into enemy fire to bring in ammunition and supplies and evacuate the wounded. Crandall flew 22 flights that day, most of them under intense enemy fire, and a total of over 900 combat missions during the Vietnam War. - Ray Davis
Raymond Gilbert "Ray" Davis (January 13, 1915-September 3, 2003) was a highly decorated United States Marine Corps officer, serving in World War II, the Korean War and the Vietnam War. His single most notable endeavor was the salvation of hundreds of trapped Marines during the 1950 Battle of Chosin Reservoir while commanding the 1st Battalion 7th Marines, for which he was awarded the Medal of Honor. His final rank, appointed by President Nixon, was General. - John King
John King (7 February 1865 - 20 May 1938) was a sailor in the United States Navy who was twice awarded the Medal of Honor. Born in Ireland, King enlisted in the Navy as a coal passer in Vermont on 20 July 1893. He served on board "Massachusetts" in the Caribbean during the Spanish-American War, and, in 1900, was transferred to "Vicksburg" for service during the Philippine-American War.
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