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August 18: Medal of Honor Actions

4 Medal of Honors earned on August 18 between 1864 and 1965.

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August 18, 1864

Civil War · Weldon Railroad, Virginia · 1 recipient

JT Joseph Taylor Private · Army Civil War · 1864

August 18, 1943

World War II · near Wewak, New Guinea · 1 recipient

Ralph Cheli Major · Air Force World War II · 1943 ✦

August 18, 1965

Vietnam War · near An Cu'ong 2, Republic of Vietnam · 2 recipients

Robert Emmett O'Malley Corporal · Marine Corps Vietnam War · 1965

Joe Calvin Paul Lance Corporal · Marine Corps Vietnam War · 1965 ✦