A Medal of Honor recipient from Arkansas died Wednesday after a decades-long battle with cancer. Retired Sgt. Maj. John L. Canley died in Bend, Ore., with his family at his bedside, according to The Medal of Honor is our nation’s highest award for military valor in action. First signed into law in 1861 during the Civil War, the Medal of Honor has fewer than 3,600 Recipients. The Medal is a distinguished award, presented to those who have shown gallantry and intrepidity, at the risk of their lives, above and beyond the call of duty.
He was the first living Medal of Honor recipient since the Vietnam War and received the Medal of Honor in 2010. Kyle White, Army, Sergeant Army Sergeant Kyle White repeatedly risked his life to provide lifesaving medical aid to wounded soldiers and radioed in to enable counterattacks and rescue efforts on November 9, 2007.
President Obama awarded 24 U.S. Army veterans, including Spc. Santiago J. Erevia, pictured, with the Medal of Honor on March 18, 2014. The soldiers, only three of whom were still alive, received
5. ›. View a list of all the Living Medal of Honor Recipients of the Medal of Honor at the official website of the Congressional Medal of Honor Society.
Medal of Honor Recipients from Somalia (Operation Restore Hope) Operation Restoration Hope was created in an effort to help those in Somalia who were dying from hunger due to their ongoing civil war. Recipient Gary Gordon and Recipient Randall Shughart were both killed in the line of duty when they went on a mission to rescue a downed military
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