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December 25: Medal of Honor Actions

8 Medal of Honors earned on December 25 between 1863 and 1944.

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December 25, 1863

Civil War · off Legareville, Stono River, John's Island, South Carolina · 4 recipients

RB Robert Blake Contraband · Navy Civil War · 1863 WF William Farley Boatswain's Mate · Navy Civil War · 1863 JM James Miller Quartermaster · Navy Civil War · 1863 CM Charles Moore Landsman · Navy Civil War · 1863

December 25, 1864

Civil War · Fort Fisher, North Carolina · 1 recipient

WW William Henry Walling Captain · Army Civil War · 1864

December 25, 1881

Interim 1871–1899 · Villefranche, France · 1 recipient

JM John Morris Corporal · Marine Corps Interim 1871–1899 · 1881

December 25, 1944

World War II · over Luzon, Philippine Islands · 2 recipients

Thomas Buchanan McGuire Jr. Major · Air Force World War II · 1944 ✦ PW Paul Joseph Wiedorfer Staff Sergeant · Army World War II · 1944