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November 1: Medal of Honor Actions

9 Medal of Honors earned on November 1 between 1874 and 1968.

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November 1, 1874

Indian Campaigns · Sunset Pass, Arizona Territory · 1 recipient

Bernard Taylor Sergeant · Army Indian Campaigns · 1874 ✦

November 1, 1918

World War I · near Bantheville, France · 2 recipients

Harold Arthur Furlong First Lieutenant · Army World War I · 1918 JS John Otto Siegel Boatswain's Mate Second Class · Navy World War I · 1918

November 1, 1919

World War I · near Remonville, France · 1 recipient

AF Arthur J. Forrest Sergeant · Army World War I · 1919

November 1, 1942

World War II · Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands · 1 recipient

AC Anthony Casamento Corporal · Marine Corps World War II · 1942

November 1, 1943

World War II · Bougainville Island & New Britain Island · 2 recipients

Robert Murray Hanson First Lieutenant · Marine Corps World War II · 1943 ✦

Robert Allen Owens Sergeant · Marine Corps World War II · 1943 ✦

November 1, 1950

Korean War · Unsan, Korea · 1 recipient

Emil J. Kapaun Captain · Army Korean War · 1950 ✦

November 1, 1968

Vietnam War · Fishhook near Cambodian border, Republic of Vietnam · 1 recipient

Charles Calvin Rogers Lieutenant Colonel · Army Vietnam War · 1968