Medal of Honor
noun phrase
: a U.S. military decoration awarded in the name of the Congress for conspicuous intrepidity at the risk of life in action with an enemy
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Former President Richard Nixon in 1971 awarded Penry the nation’s highest military honor, the Medal of Honor.
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Ishani Desai, Sacbee.com, 19 Apr. 2025
Penry was arrested two years after his Medal of Honor for selling $950 of cocaine to an undercover officer, according to a 1973 article in the New York Times.
—Taryn Luna, Los Angeles Times, 19 Apr. 2025
And another Defense Department page featuring the biography of Maj. Gen. Charles Calvin Rogers, a Black Army general who received the Medal of Honor, also disappeared before being restored.
—Sara Ruberg, New York Times, 8 Apr. 2025
The doors are now open at the new National Medal of Honor Museum in Arlington, Texas.
—Julie Depenbrock, NPR, 31 Mar. 2025
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Ishani Desai, Sacbee.com, 19 Apr. 2025
Penry was arrested two years after his Medal of Honor for selling $950 of cocaine to an undercover officer, according to a 1973 article in the New York Times.
—Taryn Luna, Los Angeles Times, 19 Apr. 2025
And another Defense Department page featuring the biography of Maj. Gen. Charles Calvin Rogers, a Black Army general who received the Medal of Honor, also disappeared before being restored.
—Sara Ruberg, New York Times, 8 Apr. 2025
The doors are now open at the new National Medal of Honor Museum in Arlington, Texas.
—Julie Depenbrock, NPR, 31 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for Medal of Honor
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“Medal of Honor.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Medal%20of%20Honor. Accessed 23 Apr. 2025.
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