Examples of Congressional Medal in a Sentence
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Trump paid tribute to a helicopter pilot who was wounded in the operation but still managed to carry out the mission and paused to award him the Congressional Medal of Honor.
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Aamer Madhani, Chicago Tribune, 25 Feb. 2026
The Congressional Medal of Honor Society recommendations for the medal must be submitted within three years of the valorous act, and the medal must be presented within five years.
—Gary Robbins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Feb. 2026
Royce Williams with his Congressional Medal of Honor.
—Time Staff, Time, 25 Feb. 2026
Trump paid tribute to a helicopter pilot who was wounded in the operation but still managed to carry out the mission and paused to award him the Congressional Medal of Honor.
—ABC News, 24 Feb. 2026
Thornton’s actions earned him the Congressional Medal of Honor.
—Ryan Gajewski, HollywoodReporter, 26 Jan. 2026
Howard Stern, then a rising shock jock on terrestrial radio, went all in, calling for Goetz to receive the Congressional Medal of Honor.
—Adam Gopnik, New Yorker, 12 Jan. 2026
Australian director Patrick Hughes is helming the project, which chronicles Thornton’s real-life survival story in the South China Sea that earned him a Congressional Medal of Honor.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 8 Jan. 2026
The Smithsonian Institution, which will house the Congressional Medal, has been at the center of that effort.
—Alana Wise, NPR, 6 Sep. 2025
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Aamer Madhani, Chicago Tribune, 25 Feb. 2026
The Congressional Medal of Honor Society recommendations for the medal must be submitted within three years of the valorous act, and the medal must be presented within five years.
—Gary Robbins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Feb. 2026
Royce Williams with his Congressional Medal of Honor.
—Time Staff, Time, 25 Feb. 2026
Trump paid tribute to a helicopter pilot who was wounded in the operation but still managed to carry out the mission and paused to award him the Congressional Medal of Honor.
—ABC News, 24 Feb. 2026
Thornton’s actions earned him the Congressional Medal of Honor.
—Ryan Gajewski, HollywoodReporter, 26 Jan. 2026
Howard Stern, then a rising shock jock on terrestrial radio, went all in, calling for Goetz to receive the Congressional Medal of Honor.
—Adam Gopnik, New Yorker, 12 Jan. 2026
Australian director Patrick Hughes is helming the project, which chronicles Thornton’s real-life survival story in the South China Sea that earned him a Congressional Medal of Honor.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 8 Jan. 2026
The Smithsonian Institution, which will house the Congressional Medal, has been at the center of that effort.
—Alana Wise, NPR, 6 Sep. 2025
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