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...was seen alive in the water but was not rescued, received a posthumous [[Medal of Honor]].

The family is named in honor of two posthumous [[Medal of Honor]] recipients, [[Stuart Stryker]] in World War II, <ref>{{citation

...tion. There was some discrimination at that time; some previously denied [[Medal of Honor]] recommendations, such as to Sen. [[Daniel Inouye]] ([[Democratic Party|D-

...in the annual [[battle efficiency competition]]. Her captains included a [[Medal of Honor]] winner, a winner of the [[Navy Cross]], and a member of the Navy's [[Blue [[Medal of Honor]] winner Captain (later [[Vice Admiral|VADM]]) [http://www.ussrankin.org/fo

...el were active in [[MACV-SOG]]. The relatively small unit received three [[Medal of Honor|Medals of Honor]].

...t man, killing 6,000 Marines and wounding 20,000 more. Seven GIs won the [[Medal of Honor]] by throwing themselves atop grenades to save their comrades. Should Iwo J

...pport. He died there; his Air Force Cross was subsequently upgraded to the Medal of Honor.<ref name=CRS-MoH>{{citation |title = Medal of Honor Recipients: 1979-2007

...tivist in veterans' organizations. (It is not true that he was awarded the Medal of Honor--that was an unrelated Marcus Hanna.) After 1867 he became rich as a shippe

Well after the war, Congress explicitly voted him the [[Medal of Honor]]; it was not one of the questionable awards that did not meet the modern s [[Image:Medal-of-honor-Chamberlain.jpg|250px|Right|thumb|Chamberlain's Medal of Honor]]

...06. In 1921, the Institute of Radio Engineers presented Fessenden with its Medal of Honor, and the next year the City of Philadelphia awarded him a John Scott Medal

...port, for which MAJ Charles J. Loring Jr. was recognized with a posthumous Medal of Honor {{quotation|LORING, CHARLES J., JR.

...rigade sustained 55 percent casualties but took their objective, two-time Medal of Honor recipient [[Dan Daly]] reputedly leaped from a trench bellowing to his plat

...scuttling charges about to detonate or have water rushing in, received the Medal of Honor. The two sailors behind him received the Navy Cross.

...[[Richard Nixon]] along with Collins and Aldrin, the [[Congressional Space Medal of Honor]] by President [[Jimmy Carter]] in 1978, and the [[Congressional Gold Medal ...including the [[Presidential Medal of Freedom]], the [[Congressional Space Medal of Honor]], the Robert H. Goddard Memorial Trophy, the Sylvanus Thayer Award, the [[

...as named after the latter hill). Roosevelt was posthumously awarded the [[Medal of Honor]] in 2001 for his actions.<ref>Brands ch 13</ref> He was the only President ...es. In January 2001, President Bill Clinton awarded Theodore Roosevelt the Medal of Honor posthumously for his charge up San Juan Hill, Cuba, during the Spanish-Amer

...ty, and were unusually dangerous. Two medevac pilots won the Congressional Medal of Honor for their heroism. It took on average 100 minutes to rush a casualty to the

...of Marines. Goettge, whose body was never found, received a posthumous [[Medal of Honor]]. <ref>Zimmerman, ''The Guadalcanal Campaign'', p. 58-60 and Smith, ''Bloo

...ve Arts & Sciences]]'s [[Interactive Achievement Awards]], but lost to ''[[Medal of Honor: Frontline]]''.

...d McCampbell]], who would become the Navy's leading ace and received the [[Medal of Honor]], personally destroyed nine.

...ca, 1963<ref>[http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/s_146312.html Medal of Honor for a terrorist] Pittsbugh-Tribune Review, July 27, 2003</ref></blockquote>