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November 8: Medal of Honor Actions

8 Medal of Honors earned on November 8 between 1874 and 1966.

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November 8, 1874

Indian Campaigns · McClellans Creek, Texas · 1 recipient

Frank Dwight Baldwin First Lieutenant · Army Indian Campaigns · 1874

November 8, 1918

World War I · near Pouilly, France · 1 recipient

MH M. Waldo Hatler Sergeant · Army World War I · 1918

November 8, 1942

World War II · near Port Lyautey, French Morocco · 3 recipients

Demas Thurlow "Nick" Craw Colonel · Air Force World War II · 1942 ✦ PH Pierpont Morgan Hamilton Major · Air Force World War II · 1942

William Hale Wilbur Colonel · Army World War II · 1942

November 8, 1944

World War II · near Bezange la Petite, France · 1 recipient

Alfred Leonard Wilson Technician Grade Five · Army World War II · 1944 ✦

November 8, 1965

Vietnam War · Republic of Vietnam · 1 recipient

Lawrence Joel Specialist Sixth Class · Army Vietnam War · 1965

November 8, 1966

Vietnam War · Tay Ninh Province, Republic of Vietnam · 1 recipient

Euripides Rubio Captain · Army Vietnam War · 1966 ✦