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Marine Gunnery Sgt. John Canley, who has received a recommendation from Congress to receive a Medal of Honor for his actions in the Battle of Hue City in 1968. (Image: Alpha Company web site)
Ample Support for Gunny Canley’s MoH in Mark Bowden Book on Hue Battle

The Medal of Honor recommendation for "Marine's Marine" John Canley is on the president's desk.

This 1969 photo provided by James McCloughan shows him with the former Army medic, right, with a platoon interpreter in Nui Yon Hill in Vietnam. (Courtesy of James McCloughan via AP)
Medal of Honor Recipient A Hero to Generations of Students
Staff Sgt. Carter's Medal of Honor Award Ceremony
The One They Hang Around Your Neck: SSG Clinton Romesha
United States President Bill Clinton awards the Medal of Honor to Vietnam War veteran U.S. Army Specialist Four Alfred Rascon. 8 February 2000 (Photo: U.S. Army)
Spc. 4 Alfred Rascon: Profile

During '10 minutes of Hell' in the Vietnam jungle, Mexican-born medic became a hero to his comrades.

President Bill Clinton presented Petty Officer Robert Ingram with the Congressional Medal of Honor for heroism during the Vietnam war. 10 July 1998 (Screenshot from C-SPAN broadcast video)
HM3 Robert Ingram: Profile

Courageous Corpsman, once given up for dead, awarded belated Medal of Honor.

Lt. j.g. J. Robert Kerrey (center). (Photo: National Archives)
Lt. j.g. J. Robert Kerrey: Profile

After a Viet Cong ambush, Kerry led SEALs to safety.

Republic of Vietnam...Members of U.S. Navy Seal Team One move down the Bassac River in a Seal team Assault Boat (STAB) during operations along the river south of Saigon., 11/1967 (Photo: National Archives)
Engineman 2nd Class Michael E. Thornton: Profile

One Medal of Honor recipient rescues another during dangerous intel mission.

Lance Sijan climbing into an F-4. (Photo: U.S. Air Force)
Capt. Lance Peter Sijan: Profile

Sijan was the first Air Force Academy graduate to be awarded the Medal of Honor.

President Obama presents Capt. William Swenson with the Medal of Honor.
IG Faults HQ Personnel for Losing MoH Nomination

The DoD's inspector general blames personnel at the headquarters in Afghanistan for losing Swenson's original MoH...

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