Medal of Honor

noun phrase

: a U.S. military decoration awarded in the name of the Congress for conspicuous intrepidity at the risk of life in action with an enemy

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When each Call of Duty game was released Call of Duty got its start when a squad of developers who had worked on the 2002 PC game Medal of Honor: Allied Assault left that development studio 2015 Inc. to form Infinity Ward. —

Carlie Procell, USA TODAY, 24 Oct. 2024 Even in retirement, Hobson successfully lobbied for two Ohio regiment soldiers to receive the Medal of Honor for their roles in a Civil War locomotive chase. —

Jessie Balmert, The Enquirer, 7 Oct. 2024 For his actions in 1969, saving 10 American soldiers and a Vietnamese interpreter despite his own wounds, the combat medic Jim McCloughan was awarded the Medal of Honor. —

Scott Huddleston, San Antonio Express-News, 2 Oct. 2024 The outlet added that no Black soldiers who served in World War II were awarded the Medal of Honor until 1997. —

Angel Saunders, Peoplemag, 27 Sep. 2024 See all Example Sentences for Medal of Honor

Word History

First Known Use

1861, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of Medal of Honor was in 1861

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“Medal of Honor.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Medal%20of%20Honor. Accessed 17 Nov. 2024.

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