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This category is for civilian employees of the U.S. military who were awarded the Medal of Honor. Pages in category "Civilian recipients of the Medal of Honor" The following 8 pages are in this category, out of 8 total.
"Medal of Honor recipients". American Medal of Honor recipients for Interim period (1866–1870). United States Army Center of Military History. June 8, 2009 "Medal of Honor recipients". American Medal of Honor recipients for the Interim period (1871–1898). United States Army Center of Military History. June 8, 2009
Awards and decorations of the United States government are civilian awards of the U.S. federal government which are typically issued for sustained meritorious service, in a civilian capacity, while serving in the U.S. federal government.
President Joe Biden awarded the nation’s highest civilian honor, the Presidential Medal of Freedom, to 19 people on Saturday, recognizing a broad swath of luminaries across politics, culture and ...
PHOTO: President Joe Biden, center, prepares to present the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the Nation's highest civilian honor, to former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, left, in the East Room ...
"Medal of Honor recipients". Listing of Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen, Marines, and Coast Guardsmen who received the Medal of Honor during World War II. United States Army Center of Military History. June 8, 2009 "United States Army Center of Military History Medal of Honor citations archive". Medal of Honor statistics.
"This medal was awarded about 90 years after the Civil War ended. At the time, there were only four veterans of that war known to still be alive. The medal honored the last surviving veterans 'who served in the Union or the Confederate forces.'" [12] Rear Admiral Hyman Rickover: August 28, 1958: P.L. 85-826, 72 Stat. 985
The Medal of Honor, in an earlier iteration, was first established in 1861, and there have been 3,519 recipients, including more than 1,500 during the Civil War. There were 472 honored for acts of ...