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February 20: Medal of Honor Actions

7 Medal of Honors earned on February 20 between 1865 and 1945.

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February 20, 1865

Civil War · Town Creek, North Carolina · 1 recipient

OH Oliver Hughes Corporal · Army Civil War · 1865

February 20, 1942

World War II · South Pacific · 1 recipient

Edward Henry "butch" O'Hare Lieutenant · Navy World War II · 1942

February 20, 1944

World War II · over Liepzig, Germany · 3 recipients

William Robert Lawley Jr. First Lieutenant · Air Force World War II · 1944

Archibald Mathies Staff Sergeant · Air Force World War II · 1944 ✦

Walter Edward Truemper Second Lieutenant · Air Force World War II · 1944 ✦

February 20, 1945

World War II · Iwo Jima, Volcano Islands · 2 recipients

Robert Hugo Dunlap Captain · Marine Corps World War II · 1945

Jacklyn Harold Lucas Private First Class · Marine Corps World War II · 1945