He was on one of the ships, was shot by -- was strafed by the fire from the planes coming in, and yet still had the presence of mind to shoot down a plane, and won the Medal of Honor -- or was awarded the Medal of Honor for that.
He will be the fourth living recipient to be awarded the Medal of Honor for actions in Iraq or Afghanistan.
Their son, Jason L. Dunham, was awarded the Medal of Honor at a White House ceremony this morning.
Each of them was awarded the Medal of Honor for heroism above anything that could be captured in a Hollywood script.
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The team of the year honor was awarded to Europe's Ryder Cup golf side , which launched a stirring final-day comeback to beat its American counterpart at the 2012 tournament at Medinah in Illinois.
French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner awarded him the Legion of Honor in 2008, on a visit to Poland marking the 65th anniversary of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising.
The victory at the Golden Globes awarded to him by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association is an honor worth savoring, and well earned.
Obama and Biden met with the operation's full force and awarded the units a Presidential Unit Citation, the highest such honor that can be given to such groups.
Aoyama, who died in 1993 at the age of 80, was awarded the 1992 Order of Cultural Merit, Japan's highest honor in the arts, for his mastery of sho and commitment to promoting and preserving the calligraphic arts for future generations.
This man's conduct that day gained him the Medal of Honor, one of 464 awarded for actions in World War II.
Obama and Netanyahu met several times during the president's three days in Israel, which also included a state dinner where Israeli President Shimon Peres awarded him the country's highest civilian honor.
Pittsburgh Penguins fans topped the list, an honor they have previously been awarded by Forbes using a different set of criteria.
Thousands of CNN viewers voted on "The Screening Room" Web site to honor Ishmael Bernal's 1982 film with the accolade, which is jointly awarded by CNN and the region's prestigious Asia Pacific Screen Awards (APSA).
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Forty-eight years later, a frail and grayed Musial received similar praise from President Barack Obama, who awarded him the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation's highest civilian honor.
Forty-eight years later, a frail and grayed Mr. Musial received similar praise from President Barack Obama, who awarded him the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation's highest civilian honor.
Only one Medal of Honor has been awarded to a living infantryman in 10 years, and the paperwork for a second one has languished for 18 months.
He was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in the United States and the titles of Commandant of the Legion of Honor in France, Honorary Knight of the British Empire, and both Grande Ufficiale and Cavaliere di Gran Croce of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic.
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