Since the Civil War, many service members belonging to what we now call the Military Health System have been recognized for the nation's highest military decoration, the Medal of Honor. These U.S. military medical personnel faced life-or-death decisions few will ever have to make. With only seconds to react, these brave service members risked their lives in order to save the lives of others From left, Army Secretary John M. McHugh applaud during a ceremony to induct Medal of Honor recipient former Army Capt. Emil Kapaun into the Hall of Heroes at the Pentagon in Arlington, Va, April IPDO. The Army Medal of Honor was established July 12, 1862, soon after the Navy’s. Medal of Honor recipients are inducted into the Pentagon’s Hall of Heroes following the official White House Stanley Taylor Adams. Details. Rank: Master Sergeant (rank at time of action: Sergeant First Class) Conflict/Era: Korean War. Unit/Command: 1st Platoon, Company A, 1st Battalion, 19th Infantry Regiment, 24th Infantry Division. Military Service Branch: U.S. Army. Medal of Honor Action Date: February 4, 1951. Korean War Hero Receives Posthumous Medal of Honor WASHINGTON, March 3, 2008 - President Bush today presented the Medal of Honor to the family of the late Army Master Sgt. Woodrow Keeble, the Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III presents the Medal of Honor flag to Mrs. Ashley Aczon-Skjelstad, the daughter of the late Medal of Honor recipient Army Staff Sgt. Edward N. Kaneshiro, in Romesha inducted into Pentagon Hall of Heroes. Just a day after the president placed the Medal of Honor around the neck of former Staff Sgt. Clinton Romesha, the noncommissioned officer was In October 2015, Army Ranger Sgt. Maj. Thomas "Patrick" Payne played an integral role in carrying out one of the largest hostage rescues in U.S. military history. Five years later, he's now

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