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September 25: Medal of Honor Actions

5 Medal of Honors earned on September 25 between 1864 and 1944.

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September 25, 1864

Civil War · off Wilmington, North Carolina · 2 recipients

WC William C. Connor Boatswain's Mate · Navy Civil War · 1864 AR Alexander Robinson Boatswain's Mate · Navy Civil War · 1864

September 25, 1918

World War I · Pensacola, Florida · 2 recipients

FO Francis Edward Ormsbee Jr. Chief Machinist's Mate · Navy World War I · 1918

Edward Vernon Rickenbacker First Lieutenant · Air Force World War I · 1918

September 25, 1944

World War II · Peleliu Island, Palau Islands · 1 recipient

John Dury New Private First Class · Marine Corps World War II · 1944 ✦