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Medal of Honor recipients during peacetime

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    August Ohmsen (1854 - 1938)
    August Ohmsen (March 15, 1854 – February 13, 1938) was a Master-at-Arms serving in the United States Navy who received the Medal of Honor for bravery.
  • Isaac Sapp (1843 - 1913)
    Isaac (or Isaiah) B. Sapp (1840s – August 18, 1913) was a United States Navy sailor and a recipient of the United States military's highest decoration, the Medal of Honor.
  • Don Morfe, Source: https://old.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=50356263
    Henry C. Courtney (1856 - 1887)
    Peacetime Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient. He entered the US Navy in Illinois and served as a Seaman. His citation reads "On board the U.S. training ship Portsmouth, Washington Navy Yard, 7 Febr...
  • Ron Moody, Source: https://old.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=2121
    Floyd Bennett (1890 - 1928)
    US Navy Peacetime Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient, Aviator, Explorer. On May 9, 1926, he and Robert Byrd took off and made history by being the first men to fly over the North Pole. For this fea...
  • Thomas Smith (1856 - d.)
    The President of the United States of America, in the name of Congress, takes pleasure in presenting the Medal of Honor to Seaman Thomas Smith, United States Navy, for gallant and heroic conduct in res...

Prior to World War II, the Medal of Honor could be awarded for actions not involving direct combat with the enemy; 193 men earned the medal in this way. Most of the peacetime medals were awarded to members of the United States Navy for their actions during boiler explosions, man-overboard incidents, and other hazards of naval service.

Given in the list below are the place and date of each recipient's Medal of Honor action, as well as their rank at the time of the action. A posthumous award is denoted by an asterisk after the recipient's name.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Medal_of_Honor_recipients_in_...
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