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August 1: Medal of Honor Actions

6 Medal of Honors earned on August 1 between 1943 and 1952.

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August 1, 1943

World War II · Ploesti, Rumania · 5 recipients

Addison Earl Baker Lieutenant Colonel · Air Force World War II · 1943 ✦

Lloyd Herbert "Pete" Hughes Second Lieutenant · Air Force World War II · 1943 ✦

John Louis Jerstad Major · Air Force World War II · 1943 ✦

Leon William Johnson Colonel · Air Force World War II · 1943

John Riley Kane Colonel · Air Force World War II · 1943

August 1, 1952

Korean War · Chorwon, Korea · 1 recipient

Victor H. Espinoza Corporal · Army Korean War · 1952 ✦