List of Medal of Honor recipients for the 1914 United States occupation of Veracruz

This is a list of United States military personnel who received the Medal of Honor for their actions during the United States occupation of Veracruz, 1914.

The United States occupation of the Mexican port of Veracruz lasted for six months in response to the Tampico Affair of April 9, 1914. The incident came in the midst of poor diplomatic relations between Mexico and the United States, related to the ongoing Mexican Revolution.

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] ] Secretary of the Navy Josephus Daniels ordered that fifty-six Medals of Honor be awarded to participants in the occupation of Veracruz, the most for any single action before or since.

List of recipients

See also

* List of Medal of Honor recipients

References

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date = July 16, 2007
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url = http://www.army.mil/cmh/html/moh/mohmex.html
title = U.S. Army Center of Military History Medal of Honor Citations Archive
work = Mexican Campaign (Vera Cruz)
publisher= Army Medal of Honor website
date = July 16, 2007