🐐 Medal Of Honor Recipients Ww2

Medal of Honor Action Place: Southwest Pacific Citation For distinguished gallantry and valor above and beyond the call of duty as commanding officer of the U.S.S. Growler during her fourth war patrol in the southwest Pacific from 10 January to 7 February 1943. Unit/Command: 2d Battalion, 29th Quartermaster Regiment. Military Service Branch: U.S. Army. Medal of Honor Action Date: March 8, 1943. Medal of Honor Action Place: Near Porlock Harbor, New Guinea. Citation. For conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty: Private George Watson distinguished The Medal of Honor is America’s highest award for military valor, presented to those who have performed an act of such conspicuous gallantry as to rise “above and beyond the call of duty.” The recipients of this distinction include only some 3,400 of the tens of millions who have served their country since the Civil War. The original medal was a three-part construction: the cross itself and the front and back medallions, which were struck separately and subsequently soldered together. Since World War II, however, the medal has been struck in one piece. Additional Resources. Navy and Marine Corps Awards Manual (Rev. 1953), Pt. 1 - Personal Decorations One of two remaining WWII Medal of Honor recipients, Charles Coolidge, passed away on April 6, 2021 at the age of 99. He was awarded the Medal for his actions in France in 1944. Top Image: Charles Coolidge courtesy of Chattanooga Times Free Press. Charles Henry Coolidge was born in 1921, in Signal Mountain, Tennessee, a small town near Chattanooga. Vernon Baker. 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 Conflict/Era: World War II; Unit/Command: 3d Platoon, Company G, 2d Battalion, 5th Marines, 1st Marine Division; Military Service Branch: U.S. Naval Reserve Force; Medal of Honor Action Date: May 2, 1945; Medal of Honor Action Place: Okinawa Jima, Ryukyu Islands Buried: Arlington National Cemetery (MH) (44-292); remains moved from Mission Memorial Park, Seaside, California, Arlington, VA, United States. Location of Medal: Wisconsin Veterans Museum, Madison, WI. U.S. Army Technical Sergeant Beauford Theodore Anderson was presented the Medal of Honor for military valor during World War II. As a result of his utter disregard of his own condition he died from loss of blood. Medal of Honor Recipient George H. Cannon. Additional Details. Accredited to: Michigan. Awarded Posthumously: Yes. Born: November 5, 1915, Webster Groves, St. Louis County, MO, United States. Died: December 7, 1941, Sand Island, Midway Islands. P. Martínez courtesy of the US Army. Joseph Martinez was born in Taos, New Mexico in 1920. The youngest of many children to José Manuel Martínez and María Eduvigen Romo, his parents moved the family to Ault, Colorado in 1927. After being drafted into the US Army in August 1942, Martinez shipped off to Camp Roberts, California for basic 1st Lt. Charles L. Thomas, World War II Medal of Honor recipient. Photo courtesy of the U.S. Army. Charles Leroy Thomas attended Cass Technical High School in Birmingham, Alabama, then went to study mechanical engineering at Wayne State University. During World War II, he was drafted into the Army and initially had enlistment orders in the Conflict/Era: World War II; Unit/Command: 309th Bombardment Wing, 5th Air Force; Military Service Branch: U.S. Army Air Corps; Medal of Honor Action Date: October 11, 1943; Medal of Honor Action Place: near Wewak, New Guinea YmHOoNs.

medal of honor recipients ww2