The Medal of Honor is the highest military award for bravery that can be conferred on a member of the American armed forces. It is bestowed for a deed of supreme valor. More often than not, the Medal of Honor is awarded posthumously. Congress established the Medal of Honor in 1861. Because it was the only military medal in existence and the
This Medal of Honor story is a little different. Tibor Rubin was not awarded the Medal for action in World War II, but for action during the Korean War, nor was Rubin a WWII veteran. Born to Jewish parents in Hungary in 1929, Rubin was one of six children—three sons and three daughters.
American recipients include Generals Dwight D. Eisenhower and Douglas MacArthur, Admiral Michael Mullen, and even, as an institution, the United States Military Academy at West Point. Today there are approximately 93,000 Legion of Honor recipients.
The only dentist to receive the Medal of Honor did so posthumously, 58 years after his death, for his World War II exploits defending his patients. He killed a few enemy soldiers in hand-to-hand combat before slowly falling back with a machine gun and killing dozens more, totaling 98 enemy soldiers killed, while allowing his patients to escape
3. The 7th Infantry Division boasts 17 Medal of Honor recipients and 15 campaign participation credits. During WWII and the Korean War alone, three and 14 Medals of Honor were awarded to soldiers from the unit. 4. The 7th Infantry Division has authority over five active brigades and one associated brigade from the Washington Army National Guard.
Congressional Medal of Honor recipients. The Medal of Honor, the country's highest military honor, has been awarded to twenty-one Japanese American soldiers—all members of either the 100th Infantry Battalion or the 442nd Regimental Combat Team —for actions during World War II. Only one of these was awarded contemporaneously.