Saratoga / Derby / Princeton / Philadelphia / Portland / Elizabethtown / Portsmouth / Richmond / Ar Ramadi / Long Beach / Bombay / Port Hudson / Smithtown / Fort Fisher / Boston / Baltimore / Oneida / New York / Cherbourg / New Orleans / South Kingstown / Fort Clark / Ulster / Wilmington / Charleston / /
Country
France / Afghanistan / Brazil / Scotland / Iraq / India / Russia / United States / Spain / Ireland / /
Event
Natural Disaster / /
Facility
Port Royal / Fort Morgan / Charleston Harbor / Monticello / /
IndustryTerm
large / oil / mail carrier / /
MusicGroup
Warfare / /
NaturalFeature
Mobile Bay / Atlantic Ocean / Lake Erie / Baltimore Inlet / Mattox River / Mattox Creek / /
Organization
Navy Department / Bureau of Naval Personnel / Navy / Taliban / Iraqi Army / Congress / United States Naval Service / South Atlantic Blockading Squadron / /
Person
Michael P. Murphy / John S. Hickman / Isaac Hull / Samuel Blyth / Charles Mills / Patrick Mullen Dates / Robert Anderson / John Henry Lawson / Edward McCall / William Bainbridge / Charles W. Kenyon / John Williams / Benjamin Swearer / William Shipman / William M. Carr / David Warren Dates / Charles Rice / Oliver Hazard Perry / Gold Medal / William Burrows / James Lawrence / Mark G. Ham / Juan Ortega / Patrick Mullen / Thomas Flood / John Rountry / Michael A. Monsoor / /
Position
Captain / commander of the U.S. / Boxer / commanding officer / HMS Boxer / Secretary / anti-coalition militia leader / Admiral / Fireman / Hilton Head / Commodore / Walker / high-level anti-coalition militia leader / Lieutenant / Petty Officer / Carpenter / Lieutenant / officer / Naval Fireman / automatic weapons gunner for Naval Special Warfare Task Group / Governor / leader / divisional officer / wounded officer / high-level anti-coalition militia leader / /
ProvinceOrState
Virginia / Maine / Louisiana / New York / Connecticut / Rhode Island / South Carolina / California / New Jersey / Kentucky / Maryland / Tennessee / Konar Province / Pennsylvania / North Carolina / Westmoreland County / Massachusetts / New Hampshire / /
PLAN OF THE DAY NOTES A Selection of Navy Recipients of the Congressional Gold Medal and the Medal of Honor The Medal of Honor, our nation’s highest award for valor, traces its roots to the Civil War when Congress pass