Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
Before 1963, the Medal of Honor could be received for actions not involving direct combat with enemy or opposing foreign forces and 193 men earned the medal in this way. [25] Most of these medals were presented to members of the United States Navy for rescuing or attempting to rescue someone from drowning. [ 25 ]
The earliest action for which a U.S. serviceman earned a World War II Medal of Honor was the attack on Pearl Harbor, for which 17 U.S. servicemen were awarded a Medal, although they did so "while engaged in military operations involving conflict with an opposing foreign force" rather than "enemy" since the United States was neutral during the ...
Kenneth Dillon Bailey was born in Pawnee, Oklahoma, on October 21, 1910.He later moved to Danville, Illinois, with his parents.He spent three years with the 130th Infantry Regiment, Illinois National Guard, He graduated from the University of Illinois in 1935 and was an active member of the National Society of Pershing Rifles, later serving as second in command. [1]
Edward C. Byers Jr. (born August 4, 1979) is a retired United States Navy SEAL who received the Medal of Honor on February 29, 2016, for the rescue of a civilian in Afghanistan in 2012. Byers retired after 21 years of service on September 19, 2019, at the Washington Navy Yard .
Bailey was born in Marden, Kent, the son of Dr James Battersby Bailey and Louise Florence Carr. [2] He was educated at Kendal grammar school and Clare College, Cambridge. [3] He gained first-class honours in both parts one and two of the natural sciences tripos. [4] He also won a heavyweight boxing medal while at Cambridge. [4]
Edward R. Talley (September 8 (or 6), 1890 – December 14, 1950) was a United States Army Soldier who received the Medal of Honor for his actions near Ponchaux, France during World War I. Biography [ edit ]
Edward Bailey and family, 1854. Falls of Hanapepe, Kauai, oil on canvas painting by Edward Bailey, 1887. Edward Bailey (1814–1903) was the most accomplished of the Hawaiian missionary period artists in Hawaii. [1] Along with his wife Caroline Hubbard, Bailey arrived in Hawaii as a missionary-teacher in 1837 on the ship Mary Frazier.
Edward Andrew Bennett, Jr. (February 11, 1920 – May 2, 1983) was a United States Army soldier and a recipient of the United States military's highest decoration—the Medal of Honor—for his actions in World War II.