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December 19: Medal of Honor Actions

5 Medal of Honors earned on December 19 between 1899 and 1944.

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December 19, 1899

Philippine Insurrection · San Mateo, Luzon, Philippine Islands · 2 recipients

AG Antoine August Gaujot Corporal · Army Philippine Insurrection · 1899 EG Edward Herrick Gibson Sergeant · Army Philippine Insurrection · 1899

December 19, 1944

World War II · Namkwan Harbor along coast of China, China · 3 recipients

Eugene Bennett Fluckey Commander · Navy World War II · 1944 RG Robert E. Gerstung Technical Sergeant · Army World War II · 1944 TK Truman Kimbro Technician Fourth Grade · Army World War II · 1944 ✦