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By comparison, there have been more than 900 Nobel Prize winners and more than 3,500 Congressional Medal of Honor recipients.
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Rick Kogan, Chicago Tribune, 12 Aug. 2025
The Navy plans to name a new Arleigh Burke-class destroyer after Cpl. Kyle Carpenter, a former Camp Pendleton Marine who was awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor for an act of heroism during vicious fighting in Afghanistan nearly 15 years ago.
—Gary Robbins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 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
Captain Royce Williams, Navy Cross recipient and Congressional Medal of Honor candidate, will be the guest of honor.
—Ut Community Press, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 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
Mayhew served in the Marines during World War II and was eventually awarded the Special Congressional Medal of Honor.
—Maximilíano Durón, ARTnews.com, 27 Sep. 2024
He was awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor for his bravery and heroism in the 12-hour battle of Kamdesh in Afghanistan.
—Anthony Krepps, Sun Sentinel, 24 July 2024
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Rick Kogan, Chicago Tribune, 12 Aug. 2025
The Navy plans to name a new Arleigh Burke-class destroyer after Cpl. Kyle Carpenter, a former Camp Pendleton Marine who was awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor for an act of heroism during vicious fighting in Afghanistan nearly 15 years ago.
—Gary Robbins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 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
Captain Royce Williams, Navy Cross recipient and Congressional Medal of Honor candidate, will be the guest of honor.
—Ut Community Press, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 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
Mayhew served in the Marines during World War II and was eventually awarded the Special Congressional Medal of Honor.
—Maximilíano Durón, ARTnews.com, 27 Sep. 2024
He was awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor for his bravery and heroism in the 12-hour battle of Kamdesh in Afghanistan.
—Anthony Krepps, Sun Sentinel, 24 July 2024
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