United States Marine Corps Medal of Honor recipients : a comprehensive registry, including U.S. Navy medical personnel honored for serving Marines in combat /

"This reference provides an alphabetical listing of all United States Marines and their comrades of the United States Navy who were awarded the Medal of Honor from 1861 to the present. A preface traces the evolution of the medal, its rewards, and its requirements. Each entry includes biographic...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Clark, George B., 1926-
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland & Co., [2005]
Subjects:	Medal of Honor. Marines > Medals > United States. United States. > Marine Corps > Medals, badges, decorations, etc. United States. > Navy > Medical personnel > Medals.

Table of Contents:

Civil War, 1861-1865
Korean campaign, 1871
Interim period, 1872-1898
War with Spain, 1898
Samoa and the Philippine insurrection, 1899-1906
China relief expedition (the Boxer Rebellion), 1900
Interim period, 1901
Vera Cruz, 1914
Haitian campaign, 1915
Dominican campaign, 1916-1917
World War I, 1918
Haitian campaign, 1919
Second Nicaraguan campaign, 1927-1932
Interim period, 1921
World War II, 1941-1945
Korea, 1950-1953
Vietnam, 1964-1973
Appendix A: origins of recipients
Appendix B: numbers of awards
Appendix C: chronology of awards.