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December 21: Medal of Honor Actions

4 Medal of Honors earned on December 21 between 1899 and 1944.

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December 21, 1899

Philippine Insurrection · Alos Zambales, Luzon, Philippine Islands · 1 recipient

Paul Frederick Straub Major Surgeon · Army Philippine Insurrection · 1899

December 21, 1944

World War II · Leyte, Philippine Islands · 3 recipients

GB George Benjamin Jr. Private First Class · Army World War II · 1944 ✦

Francis Sherman "frank" Currey Private First Class · Army World War II · 1944 HT Horace Marvin Thorne Corporal · Army World War II · 1944 ✦