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On this day in history

May 9: Medal of Honor Actions

4 Medal of Honors earned on May 9 between 1864 and 1926.

May 9, 1864

Civil War · Swift Creek, Virginia · 2 recipients

May 9, 1926

Interim 1920–1940 · Spitsbergen, Norway · 2 recipients