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September 18: Medal of Honor Actions

7 Medal of Honors earned on September 18 between 1879 and 1968.

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National POW/MIA Recognition Day: The third Friday in September honors prisoners of war and those still missing in action.

Air Force Birthday: The Air Force became an independent service on September 18, 1947.

September 18, 1879

Indian Campaigns · Las Animas Canyon, New Mexico · 3 recipients

Matthias Walter Day Second Lieutenant · Army Indian Campaigns · 1879 JD John Denny Sergeant · Army Indian Campaigns · 1879 Robert Temple Emmet Second Lieutenant · Army Indian Campaigns · 1879

September 18, 1944

World War II · Peleliu Island, Palau Islands · 3 recipients

Arthur Junior Jackson Private First Class · Marine Corps World War II · 1944 JM Joe Eugene Mann Private First Class · Army World War II · 1944 ✦ Charles Howard Roan Private First Class · Marine Corps World War II · 1944 ✦

September 18, 1968

Vietnam War · Quang Nam Province, Republic of Vietnam · 1 recipient

Dewayne Thomas Williams Private First Class · Marine Corps Vietnam War · 1968 ✦