7 legends of the US Navy. [10:55] James Bond Stockdale's Medal of Honor story - Admiral Stockdale was the highest-ranking naval officer held prisoner during the Vietnam War. He received the Medal of Honor for his leadership among the prisoners and work to galvanize the resistance to their captors. [20:40] Lang's experience performing for the The highest British award for valor is the Victoria Cross which is the equivalent of the Medal of Honor. However to the best of our knowledge, the Victoria Cross has never been awarded to a Harvard Alumnus. Among the 18 Medal of Honor recipients from Harvard are 5 lawyers, 4 businessmen, 3 career military officers, 2 Michael P Murphy. For conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty as the leader of a special reconnaissance element with Naval Special Warfare Task Unit Afghanistan on 27 and 28 June 2005. While leading a mission to locate a high-level anti-coalition militia leader, Lieutenant Murphy All recipients in the database are verified by source material such as official award citations, narratives and/or synopses from individuals or records from the National Archives. The Hall of Valor Project is ongoing. It is a monumental effort to identify the half-million men and women who received the highest U.S. military awards, in addition See answer (1) Best Answer. Copy. The 3rd Infantry Division of the US Army, with 37, out of 452 awarded in all branches for the war. One of the Marine divisions was second on the list, with 21 He was the highest-ranking casualty of the Pearl Harbor attack, and three Navy destroyers were named in his honor. His son served in the Navy from 1941-1978, and his grandson, Isaac C. Kidd III Tibor Rubin. For conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty. Corporal Rubin distinguished himself by extraordinary heroism during the period from July 23, 1950 to April 20, 1953 while serving as a rifleman with Company I, 8th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division in the Republic of Korea. Prior to World War I, 49 African Americans had been awarded the Medal of Honor, including 25 men who fought for the Union in the Civil War. There were 119 Medals of Honor recipients in World War I, with Stowers being the only African American. His long overdue recognition in 1991 is a small but important sign of the progress we as a nation have The Medal of Honor was created during the American Civil War and is the highest military decoration presented by the United States government to a member of its armed forces. The recipient must have distinguished themselves at the risk of their own life above and beyond the call of duty in action against an "enemy of the United States " or an Coast Guard: Coast Guard Medal. The Distinguished Flying Cross ( DFC) is a military decoration of the United States Armed Forces. The medal was established on July 2, 1926, and is currently awarded to any persons who, after April 6, 1917, distinguish themselves by single acts of heroism or extraordinary achievement while participating in aerial Kb37N.