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July 7: Medal of Honor Actions

6 Medal of Honors earned on July 7 between 1862 and 1944.

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July 7, 1862

Civil War · Cache River, Arkansas · 1 recipient

EP Edward M. Pike First Sergeant · Army Civil War · 1862

July 7, 1941

World War II · Bataan Peninsula, Luzon, Philippine Islands · 1 recipient

Douglas MacArthur General of the Army · Army World War II · 1941

July 7, 1944

World War II · Saipan, Marianas Islands · 4 recipients

Harold Christ Agerholm Private First Class · Marine Corps World War II · 1944 ✦

Kaoru Moto Private First Class · Army World War II · 1944 ✦

Benjamin Louis Salomon Captain · Army World War II · 1944 ✦

Ted Takayuki Tanouye Technical Sergeant · Army World War II · 1944 ✦