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Thomas Burke (c. 1833 – 27 October 1883) was an Irish-American sailor in the United States Navy and a recipient of the United States military's highest...5 KB (436 words) - 01:19, 28 January 2024- Tom Burke (Irish footballer), Ireland footballer Thomas Burke (Medal of Honor sailor) (1833–1883), U.S. Navy sailor and peacetime Medal of Honor recipient...3 KB (469 words) - 16:12, 20 April 2024
referee Thomas Burke (Medal of Honor sailor) (1833–1883), U.S. Navy sailor and peacetime Medal of Honor recipient Thomas Burke (Medal of Honor soldier)...70 KB (8,215 words) - 02:32, 23 July 2024
in Burke's honor in 1991. The honor of naming a US naval vessel after a living figure was only the fourth time it had been bestowed since 1861. Burke was...36 KB (3,964 words) - 18:33, 20 June 2024
This is a list of Medal of Honor recipients for World War II. The Medal of Honor was created during the American Civil War and is the highest military...227 KB (1,319 words) - 23:07, 24 July 2024- a United States Navy sailor and a recipient of the United States military's highest decoration, the Medal of Honor. A native of Wales, Bates immigrated...3 KB (269 words) - 16:06, 1 June 2024
- of death unknown) was a United States Navy sailor and a recipient of the United States military's highest decoration, the Medal of Honor. A native of...3 KB (233 words) - 13:00, 28 December 2023
Doris Miller (category United States Navy sailors)24, 1943) was a U.S. Navy sailor who was the first Black recipient of the Navy Cross and a nominee for the Medal of Honor. As a mess attendant second...52 KB (4,826 words) - 16:56, 25 July 2024- Prior to 1963, the Medal of Honor could be awarded for actions not involving direct combat with "an enemy of the United States" or "opposing foreign force...69 KB (575 words) - 20:46, 11 June 2024
The Arleigh Burke class of guided-missile destroyers (DDGs) is a United States Navy class of destroyer centered around the Aegis Combat System and the...138 KB (11,982 words) - 16:26, 26 July 2024
Navy Cross (redirect from Navy Cross Medal)decoration awarded for Sailors and Marines who distinguish themselves for extraordinary heroism in combat with an armed enemy force. The medal is equivalent to...26 KB (2,751 words) - 09:30, 12 August 2024
Medal is a military decoration of the United States Navy and United States Marine Corps which was first created in 1919 and is presented to sailors and...19 KB (2,202 words) - 10:31, 30 June 2024- This is a complete alphabetical list (A to F) of Medal of Honor recipients during the Civil War. Many of the awards during the Civil War were for capturing...238 KB (399 words) - 17:05, 5 May 2024
- of Irish-American soldiers, sailors, airmen and Marines who were awarded the American military's highest decoration — the Medal of Honor. The Medal of...83 KB (1,108 words) - 00:54, 30 October 2023
Distinguished Service Cross (United States) (category Awards and decorations of the United States Army)During World War II, twelve soldiers, three airmen, and two sailors received both the Medal of Honor and the Distinguished Service Cross: from the Army, Bernard...64 KB (6,329 words) - 03:24, 1 July 2024- posthumously "Medal of Honor recipients". Listing of Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen, Marines, and Coast Guardsmen who received the Medal of Honor. United States...28 KB (382 words) - 03:22, 2 June 2024
Ernest E. Evans (category World War II recipients of the Medal of Honor)officer of the United States Navy who posthumously received the Medal of Honor for his actions during the Battle off Samar in World War II. Evans, of Native...17 KB (1,761 words) - 23:55, 13 June 2024
John William Finn (category World War II recipients of the Medal of Honor)ordnanceman, received the United States military's highest decoration, the Medal of Honor, for his actions during the attack on Pearl Harbor in World War II....26 KB (2,317 words) - 03:10, 23 August 2024
Secretary of the Treasury was directed, among other provisions of the act, to create "medals of honor", to be distinguished as life-saving medals of the first...22 KB (2,608 words) - 11:29, 13 June 2024
USS Howard (DDG-83) (category Arleigh Burke-class destroyers)USS Howard (DDG-83) is an Arleigh Burke-class destroyer in the United States Navy. She is named for Medal of Honor recipient First Sergeant Jimmie E. Howard...9 KB (882 words) - 16:50, 20 July 2024
- naval service; for how many hundreds of sailors and marines have, like Patrick Gallaghan, richly deserved medals, or some other honorary distinctions
- Oxford University Press, p. 30 The men of England—the men, I mean of light and leading in England. Edmund Burke, Reflections on the Revolution in France
- EDWARD GIBBON (1737-1794), who wrote _The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire_; EDMUND BURKE (1729–1797), best known to-day for his _Speech