List of Medal of Honor recipients for the Boxer Rebellion

List of Medal of Honor recipients for the Boxer Rebellion

This is a list of United States military personnel who received the Medal of Honor for their actions during the Boxer Rebellion.

The Boxer Movement or Boxer Rebellion was a Chinese uprising from November 1899 to September 7, 1901, against foreign influence in areas such as trade, politics, religion and technology that occurred in China during the final years of the Manchu rule (Qing Dynasty).

The members of the Chinese Society of Right and Harmonious Fists were simply called "boxers" by the Westerners due to the martial arts and calisthenics they practiced. The uprising began as an anti-foreign, anti-imperialist peasant-based movement in northern China. They attacked foreigners who were building railroads and violating Feng shui, as well as Christians, who were held responsible for the foreign domination of China. In June 1900, the Boxers invaded Beijing and killed 230 non-Chinese. Tens of thousands of Chinese Christians, Catholic and Protestant alike, were killed mostly in Shandong and Shanxi Provinces as part of the uprising.

The government of Empress Dowager Cixi was not helpful, and diplomats, foreign civilians, soldiers and some Chinese Christians retreated to the legation quarter where they held out for fifty-five days until a multinational coalition rushed 20,000 troops to their rescue. The Chinese government was forced to indemnify the victims and make many additional concessions. Subsequent reforms implemented after the crisis of 1900 laid the foundation for the end of the Qing Dynasty and the establishment of the modern Chinese Republic.

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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See also

* List of Medal of Honor recipients

References

*cite web
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url=http://www.tecom.usmc.mil/HD/Whos_Who.htm
title=Who's Who list of Marines
work=Who's Who in Marine Corps History
publisher=History Division, United States Marine Corps

*cite web
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url = http://www.army.mil/cmh/moh.html
title = U.S. Army Center of Military History Medal of Honor Citations Archive
work =
publisher= Army Medal of Honor website
date = July 16, 2007

**cite web
accessdate=2008-07-25
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

**cite web
accessdate=2008-07-25
url = http://www.army.mil/cmh/html/moh/chinare.html
title = U.S. Army Center of Military History Medal of Honor Citations Archive
work = China Relief Expedition (Boxer Rebellion)
publisher= Army Medal of Honor website
date = July 16, 2007


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