Author : United States. Department of the Army. Public Information Division
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 506 pages
Book Rating : 4.36/5 ( download)
Book Synopsis The Medal of Honor of the United States Army by : United States. Department of the Army. Public Information Division
Download or read book The Medal of Honor of the United States Army written by United States. Department of the Army. Public Information Division and published by . This book was released on 1948 with total page 506 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The Medal of Honor was the first medal for which all enlisted men in the U.S. military could be nominated. A bill introduced by the junior senator from Massachusetts, Henry Wilson, on February 17, 1862, calling for the introduction of an army Medal of Honor, was fashioned after a navy medal bill signed by the President two months earlier. On July 12, 1862, Lincoln signed Wilson's bill into law, which called upon the President to present the Medal of Honor "in the name of Congress to such noncommissioned officers and privates as shall most distinguish themselves by their gallantry in action and other soldier like qualities during the present insurrection." -- Medal of Honor website.