These statistics come from the U.S. Army Center of Military History. Medal of Honor Recipients by Conflict. Conflicts. Recipients. Civil War. 1522. Indian Campaigns. 426. Korea 1871.
The Legion of Merit is a medal that is awarded to foreign services for exceptional service. There are no NCO's who have been awarded the medal. Like the medal of honor, the legion of merit is
Compiled by Gayle Alvarez, Medal of Honor Historical Society, US As of 5 August 2020 Page 2 Medal of Honor Recipients Who Entered The Service In Mississippi Barfoot, Van Thomas Carthage, MS World War II Brown, Wilson Mississippi River, MS Civil War Commiskey, Sr., Henry Alfred Hattiesburg, MS (Jackson, MS) Korean War Jul 23, 2018. Bob Maxwell and Dick Tobiason hope Oregon’s new Medal of Honor Highway – the longest such in the United States – is the beginning of a nationwide movement. Because of their efforts, the Oregon Legislature designated the 451-mile stretch of U.S. Highway 20 from Newport, Ore., east to the Idaho border as a tribute to the state Through education, leadership and inspiring spaces for learning and reflection, the National Medal of Honor Museum Foundation preserves and expands the impact of the 3,515 recipients and the more than 40 million Americans who have served in the U.S. Armed Forces since the Civil War. The Arlington, Texas, museum is under construction now with

President Georges Pompidou of France decorating Olympic athlete Alain Mimoun with the Legion d'Honneur at a ceremony in Paris, 1972. French President Emmanuel Macron applauds tennis legend Billie Jean King, of the US, after she was awarded with the Legion d'Honneur at the Elysee

Brigadier General Ralph B. Lovett and Lieutenant Colonel Hallet D. Edson recommended Murphy for the Medal of Honor. Near Salzburg, Austria on 2 June 1945, Lieutenant General A.M. Patch presented Murphy with the Medal of Honor and Legion of Merit for his actions at Holtzwihr. When asked after the war why he had seized the machine gun and taken
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