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November 17: Medal of Honor Actions

7 Medal of Honors earned on November 17 between 1879 and 1944.

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November 17, 1879

Interim 1871–1899 · Shanghai, China · 1 recipient

TM Thomas Mitchell Landsman · Navy Interim 1871–1899 · 1879

November 17, 1901

Philippine Insurrection · Cadaean & Sohoton Rivers Junction, Samar, Philippine Islands · 2 recipients

Hiram Iddings Bearss Captain · Marine Corps Philippine Insurrection · 1901 DP David Dixon Porter Captain · Marine Corps Philippine Insurrection · 1901

November 17, 1915

Haiti 1915 · Fort Riviere, Haiti · 3 recipients

Smedley Darlington Butler Major · Marine Corps Haiti 1915 · 1915 SG Samuel Gross Private · Marine Corps Haiti 1915 · 1915 RI Ross Lindsey Iams Sergeant · Marine Corps Haiti 1915 · 1915

November 17, 1944

World War II · Hurtgen Forest, near Schevenhutte, Germany · 1 recipient

Bernard James Ray First Lieutenant · Army World War II · 1944 ✦