Recipients Archive

Matthew Batson

Matthias Day graduated from the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, Class of 1877. He retired as a U.S. Army Colonel.

Maurice “Footsie” Britt was the first American Soldier of World War II to win all of the Army’s top medals for valor. Before the war…

Sergeant Smith, known as “Snuffy Smith,” was the first enlisted Army airman in history to receive the Medal of Honor. On the day of his…

Corporal Mayfield’s heroic action was the last Medal of Honor action of World War II.