List of Korean War Medal of Honor recipients

This list represents all of the United States military personnel who received the Medal of Honor for their actions during the Korean War. During this war, 133 Medals of Honor were presented for bravery in action, 95 of them posthumously.

The Korean War was an escalation of border clashes between two rival Korean regimes (each of which was supported by external powers) with each Korean regime trying to topple the other through political and guerilla tactics. In a very narrow sense, some may refer to it as a civil war, though many other factors were at play.cite web | title =The Korean War, 1950-1953, (an extract from American Military History, Volume 2 - revised 2005) | url =http://www.army.mil/cmh-pg/books/AMH-V2/AMH%20V2/chapter8.htm | accessdate =2007-08-20 ] After failing to strengthen their cause in the free elections held in South Korea during May 1950cite book | last =Hermes, Jr. | first =Walter | title =Truce Tent and Fighting Front | publisher =Center of Military History |date=1966 | pp. =2,6,9 | url =http://www.army.mil/cmh-pg/books/korea/truce/fm.htm] and the refusal of South Korea to hold new elections per North Korean demands, the communist North Korean Army moved south on June 25, 1950 to attempt to reunite the Korean peninsula, which had been formally divided since 1948. The conflict was then expanded by the United States and the Soviet Union's involvement as part of the larger Cold War. The main hostilities were during the period from June 25, 1950 until the armistice was signed on July 27, 1953.

Medal of Honor

The Medal of Honor is the highest military decoration awarded by the United States government and is bestowed on a member of the United States armed forces who distinguishes himself "…conspicuously by gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty while engaged in an action against an enemy of the United States…" Due to the nature of this medal, it is commonly presented posthumously. [http://www.defenselink.mil/faq/pis/med_of_honor.html Defense link Medal of Honor history] ]

List of recipients

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ee also

*List of Medal of Honor recipients
*The American Unknown Soldier from the Korean War

References

External links

*cite web
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title=Who's Who list of Marines
work=Who's Who in Marine Corps History
publisher=History Division, United States Marine Corps
*cite web
accessdate=2008-03-06
url = http://www.army.mil/cmh/moh.html
title = U.S. Army Center of Military History Medal of Honor Citations Archive
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publisher= Army Medal of Honor website
date = July 16, 2007
**cite web
accessdate=2008-03-06
url = http://www.army.mil/cmh/html/moh/koreanwar.html
title = U.S. Army Center of Military History Medal of Honor Citations Archive
work = Korean War
publisher= Army Medal of Honor website
date = July 16, 2007
**cite web
accessdate=2008-03-06
url = http://www.army.mil/cmh-pg/mohstats.htm
title = U.S. Army Center of Military History Medal of Honor Citations Archive
work = Medal Of Honor statistics
publisher= Army Medal of Honor website
date = July 16, 2007