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Recipients

  • Webb Hayes

    Webb Hayes

    The son of President Hayes, Webb Cook Hayes is one of only two “sons of a President” to receive the Medal of Honor. Mr. Hayes…

  • Webster Anderson

    Webster Anderson

    Webster Anderson was severely wounded in the action that earned him the Medal of Honor, and was evacuated promptly by helicopter in efforts to save…

  • Weedon Osborne

    Weedon Osborne

    Weedon Osborne was the FIRST commissioned officer of the United States Navy to be killed in action during land fighting overseas.

  • Ulysses Buzzard

    Ulysses Buzzard

  • Uriah Brown

    Uriah Brown

  • Valentine Rossbach

    Valentine Rossbach

  • Van Barfoot

    Van Barfoot

  • Vernon McGarity

    Vernon McGarity

    Vernon McGarity joined the Tennessee National Guard after earning the Medal of Honor on active duty.

  • Vernon Baker

    Vernon Baker

    In the late 1980s, due that fact that no Medals of Honor were awarded to Black American soldiers in either of the World Wars, a…

  • Victor Vifquain

    Victor Vifquain

  • Victor Kandle

    Victor Kandle

  • Vincent Capodanno

    Vincent Capodanno

    After graduating from Curtis High School in his home town, Vincent Capodanno attended Fordham University. While there he was inspired by a Maryknoll magazine to…