U.S. Army First Sergeant Leonard Alfred Funk Jr. was presented the Medal of Honor for military valor during World War II. Comrades repeatedly told the Army that Capt. Paris Davis, one of the first Black officers in the Special Forces, deserved the Medal of Honor. The Army kept losing the paperwork. The Air Force’s first Medal of Honor recipient since Vietnam. Chapman was an Air Force special tactics combat controller posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor 16 years after he was killed while protecting his teammates in Afghanistan on March 4, 2002. Then-Tech. Sgt. Chapman charged into al-Qaeda bunkers on the snowy 10,000-foot peak atop Donlon was awarded the Medal of Honor on Dec. 5, 1964 — making him the first recipient of the MoH during the Vietnam War. Check out Medal of Honor Book 's video below to watch and hear Donlon's heroic story for yourself. MedalOfHonorBook, YouTube. Tim Kirkpatrick entered the Navy in 2007 as a Hospital Corpsman and deployed to Sangin Medal of Honor Recipient Jacob Parrott was the first service member to ever receive the Medal of Honor. He was a member of the Andrew’s Raiders during the Civil War. The group moved to the village of Big Shanty, Georgia, chosen because they believed that Big Shanty did not have a telegraph office that the Confederates could use to alert others.
The Medal of Honor is the military’s highest and most prestigious award for combat valor. When reading a Medal of Honor citation you will often find words like: indomitable spirit, sacrifice, valor, courage, inspiration, intrepidity, sacrifice, and gallantry used to describe the recipient. It is the military’s highest award for combat valor
Vernon Joseph Baker (December 17, 1919 – July 13, 2010) was a United States Army first lieutenant who was an infantry company platoon leader during World War II and a paratrooper during the Korean War. In 1997, he was awarded the Medal of Honor, the nation's highest military decoration for valor, for his actions on April 5–6, 1945, near President Harry S. Truman with some of the 28 recipients of the Medal of Honor who were decorated at a ceremony in the East Room of the White House, August 23, 1945. Photo by Abbie Rowe. Courtesy of President Harry S. Truman Library and Museum, accession number 65-3809
Korean War. Vietnam War. Awards. Medal of Honor. David Herbert McNerney (June 2, 1931 – October 10, 2010) 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 the Vietnam War. A native of Massachusetts who moved to Houston, Texas, as a child, McNerney
Secretary of the Army Christine Wormuth presents a photo and citation to Medal of Honor recipient Army Sgt. Maj. Thomas P. Payne, in a ceremony in which Birdwell and five others were inducted into
Paul Monti, father of Medal of Honor recipient the late Army Sgt.t1st Class Jared C. Monti, listens to remarks during a Hall of Heroes induction ceremony for his son at the Pentagon, Sept. 18
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