There are also many actual award presentations online. We have linked to these under the alphabetical listings. For a list of recipients born in, accredited to and Medals earned in New Hampshire, Click here: New Hampshire (updated 18 Apr 2023) ANDERSON, Robert N. (Civil War) Calvary Cemetery, Portsmouth, NH LAT 43.0557 LON -70.7874. Google Maps.
Luzon. 7 Feb 1945. Citation: Charles L. McGaha earned the Medal of Honor for his actions in World War II for his conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity. His platoon and one other from Company G were pinned down in a roadside ditch by heavy fire from 5 Japanese tanks supported by 10 machine guns and a platoon of riflemen.
During World War I, which lasted from 1914 until 1918, there were only 126 people who received the Medal of Honor. In the four years of U.S. involvement in World War II, there were 472 recipients, but in the Vietnam War, which lasted for twenty years, there were only 261. Harold A. Garman: Rank & Unit: Private, U.S. Army, Company B, 5th Medical Battalion, 5th Infantry Division. Place & Date: Near Montereau, France, 25 August 1944. Private Garman was awarded the Medal of Honor for conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty. On 25 August 1944, in the vicinity of
Bronze Star. Purple Heart. Melvin Earl "Bud" Biddle (November 28, 1923 – December 16, 2010) was a United States Army soldier and a recipient of the United States military's highest decoration—the Medal of Honor —for his actions in World War II .
View a list of all the Submariner Medal of Honor Recipients of the Medal of Honor at the official website of the Congressional Medal of Honor Society World War II
Staff Sergeant. Wurselen, Germany. November 16, 1944. On October 30, 1945, United States Army Officer Freeman V. Horner was awarded the Medal of Honor for his heroic actions during World War II. During the second World War, Sergeant Freeman Horner and his company were stationed in Nazi Germany.
