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Each recipient receives a medal, a diploma and a monetary award that has varied throughout the years. [2] In 1901, the recipients of the first Nobel Prizes were given 150,782 SEK, equivalent to 10.8 million SEK in 2023. In 2017, the laureates were awarded a prize amount of 9 million SEK. [4]
The first living recipient since the Vietnam War and the fourth Afghanistan recipient, Salvatore Giunta, received his for his actions in 2007 when he risked his life to save a wounded comrade. A second living recipient, Sergeant First Class Leroy Petry, received the medal from President Obama during a July 12, 2011 ceremony. [62]
Recipient Notability References Robert Baden-Powell: Lieutenant-general in the British Army, writer and founder of the Scout Movement: Unknown Scout: Unknown member of the British Boy Scout Association who inspired W. D. Boyce to form the BSA
Conan O'Brien has been named the recipient of the 2025 Mark Twain Prize for American Humor.. The comedian, Conan O'Brien Needs a Friend host and former late-night personality was announced as the ...
The first Russian recipient for meritorious conduct of the Russian Federation Navy to increase cooperation and interoperability with the U.S. Navy and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization from September 2005 to August 2007. Japan: General Ryoichi Oriki Ground Self-Defense Force: October 1, 2007: Chief of Staff Pakistan: Lt General: Tariq Khan
A. Creighton Abrams; John N. Abrams; Elliot Ackerman; Donald E. Adams; Fletcher E. Adams; Paul D. Adams; James Bradshaw Adamson; Hugh J. Addonizio; Julius Ochs Adler
Salvatore Augustine Giunta (/ ˌ s æ l v ə ˈ t ɔːr eɪ ˈ dʒ ʊ n t ə /; born January 21, 1985) is a former United States Army soldier and the first living person since the Vietnam War to receive the United States Armed Forces' highest decoration for valor, the Medal of Honor.
Walter Joseph "Joe" Marm Jr. (born November 20, 1941) is a retired United States Army colonel and a recipient of the United States military's highest decoration for valor, the Medal of Honor, for his actions in the Vietnam War. [2] [3]