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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With the Independence Day holiday coming up this week, Biden has a visit to a D.C. Emergency Operations Center and a fundraiser on Tuesday, a Medal of Honor ceremony on Wednesday and a barbeque with military service members on Independence Day.
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Dominic Patten, Deadline, 30 June 2024
The brave tween received the Girl Scout Medal of Honor in a ceremony earlier this month.
—Meghan Overdeep, Southern Living, 26 June 2024
The museum’s foundation is also planning a monument to Medal of Honor recipients on the National Mall not far from the Lincoln Memorial.
—Lillie Davidson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 21 June 2024
He has been given the department’s Medal of Honor and Purple Heart awards posthumously.
—Ed Stannard, Hartford Courant, 17 June 2024
He was posthumously awarded the department’s two highest honors, a Medal of Honor and a Purple Heart.
—Michael Goldberg, Twin Cities, 11 June 2024
Denzel Washington plays Lieutenant Colonel Serling, who’s charged with uncovering the truth about an incident that may lead to the late Captain Karen Walden (played in flashbacks by Meg Ryan) to becoming the first woman to receive a Medal of Honor.
—Keith Phipps, Vulture, 26 May 2024
An obituary on Sunday about the Medal of Honor recipient Clarence Sasser referred incorrectly to American casualties during a Vietnam War battle on Jan. 10, 1968.
—New York Times, 6 June 2024
Woodson was nominated for the Medal of Honor in the summer of 1944.
—Bylinda Hervieux, ABC News, 4 June 2024
Dominic Patten, Deadline, 30 June 2024
The brave tween received the Girl Scout Medal of Honor in a ceremony earlier this month.
—Meghan Overdeep, Southern Living, 26 June 2024
The museum’s foundation is also planning a monument to Medal of Honor recipients on the National Mall not far from the Lincoln Memorial.
—Lillie Davidson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 21 June 2024
He has been given the department’s Medal of Honor and Purple Heart awards posthumously.
—Ed Stannard, Hartford Courant, 17 June 2024
He was posthumously awarded the department’s two highest honors, a Medal of Honor and a Purple Heart.
—Michael Goldberg, Twin Cities, 11 June 2024
Denzel Washington plays Lieutenant Colonel Serling, who’s charged with uncovering the truth about an incident that may lead to the late Captain Karen Walden (played in flashbacks by Meg Ryan) to becoming the first woman to receive a Medal of Honor.
—Keith Phipps, Vulture, 26 May 2024
An obituary on Sunday about the Medal of Honor recipient Clarence Sasser referred incorrectly to American casualties during a Vietnam War battle on Jan. 10, 1968.
—New York Times, 6 June 2024
Woodson was nominated for the Medal of Honor in the summer of 1944.
—Bylinda Hervieux, ABC News, 4 June 2024
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