Examples of Congressional Medal in a Sentence
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Against unrelenting machine gunfire, Wilson and his unit captured a strategically important hill, then pushed forward, even though he had been wounded multiple times, according to the Congressional Medal of Honor Society.
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Gary Robbins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Sep. 2025
The 20 soldiers who were awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor – the highest military honor – for their role in the massacre will keep that award, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said on Sept. 25.
—Cybele Mayes-Osterman, USA Today, 26 Sep. 2025
The Smithsonian Institution, which will house the Congressional Medal, has been at the center of that effort.
—Alana Wise, NPR, 6 Sep. 2025
By comparison, there have been more than 900 Nobel Prize winners and more than 3,500 Congressional Medal of Honor recipients.
—Rick Kogan, Chicago Tribune, 12 Aug. 2025
Bucha served as the president of the Congressional Medal of Honor Society from 1995 to 1999 and also advised President Obama on foreign policy during his 2008 presidential campaign.
—Sean Krofssik, Hartford Courant, 4 Aug. 2025
That includes a hilarious moment where Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene herself demands that Brian receive a Congressional Medal of Honor.
—Barry Levitt, Time, 23 July 2025
In 2009, his son Jared posthumously received the highest commendation any American soldier can be awarded: the Congressional Medal of Honor.
—Lee Habeeb, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 May 2025
Drake was awarded the special Congressional Medal for the Veterans of Pearl Harbor, the Army Good Conduct Medal, the American Defense Medal with Foreign Service bar, the Asiatic-Pacific Medal with two battles stars, and the World War II Victory Medal, according to his obituary.
—Bill Hutchinson, ABC News, 15 Apr. 2025
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Gary Robbins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Sep. 2025
The 20 soldiers who were awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor – the highest military honor – for their role in the massacre will keep that award, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said on Sept. 25.
—Cybele Mayes-Osterman, USA Today, 26 Sep. 2025
The Smithsonian Institution, which will house the Congressional Medal, has been at the center of that effort.
—Alana Wise, NPR, 6 Sep. 2025
By comparison, there have been more than 900 Nobel Prize winners and more than 3,500 Congressional Medal of Honor recipients.
—Rick Kogan, Chicago Tribune, 12 Aug. 2025
Bucha served as the president of the Congressional Medal of Honor Society from 1995 to 1999 and also advised President Obama on foreign policy during his 2008 presidential campaign.
—Sean Krofssik, Hartford Courant, 4 Aug. 2025
That includes a hilarious moment where Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene herself demands that Brian receive a Congressional Medal of Honor.
—Barry Levitt, Time, 23 July 2025
In 2009, his son Jared posthumously received the highest commendation any American soldier can be awarded: the Congressional Medal of Honor.
—Lee Habeeb, MSNBC Newsweek, 23 May 2025
Drake was awarded the special Congressional Medal for the Veterans of Pearl Harbor, the Army Good Conduct Medal, the American Defense Medal with Foreign Service bar, the Asiatic-Pacific Medal with two battles stars, and the World War II Victory Medal, according to his obituary.
—Bill Hutchinson, ABC News, 15 Apr. 2025
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