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List of Irish-American Medal of Honor recipients

Index List of Irish-American Medal of Honor recipients

The following is a list of Irish-American soldiers, sailors, airmen and Marines who were awarded the American military's highest decoration — the Medal of Honor. [1]

222 relations: A Sầu Valley, Alabama, American Civil War, Antietam, Maryland, Apache Pass, Apremont, Ardennes, Arizona, Arizona Territory, Asadabad, Afghanistan, Baghdad, Battle of Cedar Creek, Battle of Chaffin's Farm, Battle of Chancellorsville, Battle of Chosin Reservoir, Battle of Fisher's Hill, Battle of Fort Blakeley, Battle of Gettysburg, Battle of Hatcher's Run, Battle of Mobile Bay, Battle of North Anna, Battle of Peachtree Creek, Battle of Seven Pines, Battle of Shepherdstown, Battle of Spotsylvania Court House, Battle of Tayacoba, Battle of the Crater, Battle of the Little Bighorn, Battle of Tientsin, Battle of Waynesboro, Virginia, Battle of Williamsburg, Bears Paw Mountains, Beijing, Belleu, Bernard J. D. Irwin, Boatswain's mate (United States Navy), Brazil, Captain (United States), Cárdenas, Cuba, Chancellorsville, Virginia, Chicago, Chief petty officer, Chief petty officer (United States), Chile, China, Chiricahua Mountains, Chu Lai, Cienfuegos, Colonel, Coquimbo, Corinth, Mississippi, ..., Corporal, Coxswain, Cuba, Engineman, Fairfield, Pennsylvania, Farrier, First Battle of Fort Fisher, First lieutenant, First sergeant, Fort Fisher, Fort Harrison, France, Fredericksburg, Virginia, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, Gunner's mate, Gunnery sergeant, Harrisonburg, Louisiana, Idaho, Irish Americans, Italy, Iwo Jima, Kansas, Korea, Landres-et-Saint-Georges, Landsman (rank), Le Havre, Lieutenant, Lieutenant (junior grade), Lieutenant colonel, Lieutenant colonel (United States), List of awards, List of foreign-born Medal of Honor recipients, List of Italian Americans, List of Medal of Honor recipients, Llano Estacado, Luzon, Machinist's mate, Mahón, Major, Major (United States), Malvern Hill, Maryland, Master-at-arms, McGuire Air Force Base, Medal of Honor, Menorca, Michael A. Monsoor, Michael Madden (Medal of Honor), Mississippi, Mobile Bay, Mobile, Alabama, Montana, Moorefield, West Virginia, Murfreesboro, Tennessee, Musician (rank), Nam Đông District, Naval Battle of Guadalcanal, Nebraska, New Mexico, North Carolina, North Vietnam, O'Hare International Airport, Ojo Caliente, New Mexico, Ordinary seaman, Ordinary seaman (rating), Ourcq, Pará, Pennsylvania, Petersburg, Virginia, Petty officer, Petty officer first class, Petty officer second class, Philippines, Platte River, Plymouth, North Carolina, President of the United States, Private (rank), Private first class, Quartermaster, Quảng Tín Province, Quảng Trị Province, Ramadi, Rear admiral (United States), Red River Campaign, Ross A. McGinnis, San Juan de Nicaragua, Santiago de Cuba, Savage's Station, Virginia, Seaman, Second Battle of Petersburg, Second lieutenant, Sergeant, Shanghai, Sicily, Siege of Vicksburg, Sommerance, South Dakota, South Mountain (Maryland and Pennsylvania), South Vietnam, Specialist (rank), Spotsylvania County, Virginia, St. Marks, Florida, Surgeon's mate, Sycamore Canyon (Yavapai County, Arizona), Texas, The Bahamas, The Blade (Toledo, Ohio), The Miami News, The News-Gazette (Champaign-Urbana), The Tuscaloosa News, Theodore Roosevelt Island, Third Battle of Petersburg, Tianjin, Union Army, Union Navy, United States, United States Air Force, United States Army, United States Army Air Forces, United States Congress, United States Government Publishing Office, United States Marine Corps, United States Marine Corps Reserve, United States Navy, United States Navy SEALs, United States occupation of Haiti, USS Benicia (1868), USS Carondelet (1861), USS Colorado (1856), USS Constitution, USS Crusader (1858), USS Fort Henry (1862), USS Iowa (BB-4), USS Iroquois (1859), USS Kearsarge (1861), USS Keokuk (1862), USS Leyden (1865), USS North Dakota (BB-29), USS Petrel (PG-2), USS Portsmouth (1843), USS Puritan (BM-1), USS Salem (CL-3), USS Vicksburg (PG-11), Valley Forge, Vicksburg, Mississippi, Virginia, Washington, D.C., Watertender, Whetstone Mountains, White Clay Creek, Wichita River, Wilderness, Virginia, Winchester, Virginia, Wolf Mountains, Yazoo City, Mississippi, 164th New York Volunteer Infantry, 1st Battalion, 5th Marines, 1st Cavalry Regiment (United States), 1st Marine Division (United States), 24th Marine Regiment (United States), 2nd Battalion, 24th Marines, 36th Virginia Infantry, 3rd Battalion, 3rd Marines, 3rd Battalion, 7th Marines, 4th Cavalry Regiment (United States), 4th Marine Division (United States), 5th Cavalry Regiment, 5th Infantry Regiment (United States), 6th Cavalry Regiment, 7th Virginia Infantry, 8th Cavalry Regiment, 9th Cavalry Regiment (United States). Expand index (172 more) »

A Sầu Valley

The A Shau Valley (Vietnamese: thung lũng A Sầu) is a valley in Vietnam's Thừa Thiên–Huế Province, west of the coastal city of Huế, along the border of Laos.

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Alabama

Alabama is a state in the southeastern region of the United States.

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American Civil War

The American Civil War (also known by other names) was a war fought in the United States from 1861 to 1865.

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Antietam, Maryland

Antietam is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Washington County, Maryland, United States.

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Apache Pass

Apache Pass, also known by its earlier Spanish name Puerto del Dado ("Pass of the Die"), is an historic mountain pass in the U.S. state of Arizona between the Dos Cabezas Mountains and Chiricahua Mountains at an elevation of.

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Apremont, Ardennes

Apremont is a commune in the department of Ardennes in the Grand Est region of northern France.

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Arizona

Arizona (Hoozdo Hahoodzo; Alĭ ṣonak) is a U.S. state in the southwestern region of the United States.

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Arizona Territory

The Territory of Arizona (also known as Arizona Territory) was a territory of the United States that existed from February 24, 1863 until February 14, 1912, when the remaining extent of the territory was admitted to the Union as the state of Arizona.

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Asadabad, Afghanistan

Asadabad or Asad Abad (اسدآباد - Asadābād, اسدآباد) is the capital city of Kunar Province in Afghanistan.

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Baghdad

Baghdad (بغداد) is the capital of Iraq.

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Battle of Cedar Creek

The Battle of Cedar Creek, or Battle of Belle Grove, fought October 19, 1864, was the culminating battle of the Valley Campaigns of 1864 during the American Civil War.

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Battle of Chaffin's Farm

The Battle of Chaffin's Farm and New Market Heights, also known as Laurel Hill and combats at Forts Harrison, Johnson, and Gilmer, was fought in Virginia on September 29–30, 1864, as part of the Siege of Petersburg in the American Civil War.

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Battle of Chancellorsville

The Battle of Chancellorsville was a major battle of the American Civil War (1861–1865), and the principal engagement of the Chancellorsville Campaign.

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Battle of Chosin Reservoir

The Battle of Chosin Reservoir, also known as the Chosin Reservoir Campaign or the Battle of Jhangjin Lake (장진호 전투; hanja: 長津湖戰鬪; rr: Jangjin ho jeontu), was a decisive battle in the Korean War.

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Battle of Fisher's Hill

The Battle of Fisher's Hill was fought September 21–22, 1864, near Strasburg, Virginia, as part of the Valley Campaigns of 1864 during the American Civil War.

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Battle of Fort Blakeley

The Battle of Fort Blakeley took place from April 2 to April 9, 1865 in Baldwin County, Alabama, about north of Spanish Fort, AL, as part of the Mobile Campaign of the American Civil War.

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Battle of Gettysburg

The Battle of Gettysburg (with an sound) was fought July 1–3, 1863, in and around the town of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, by Union and Confederate forces during the American Civil War.

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Battle of Hatcher's Run

The Battle of Hatcher's Run, also known as Dabney's Mill, Armstrong's Mill, Rowanty Creek, and Vaughn Road, fought February 5–7, 1865, was one in a series of Union offensives during the Siege of Petersburg, aimed at cutting off Confederate supply traffic on Boydton Plank Road and the Weldon Railroad west of Petersburg, Virginia.

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Battle of Mobile Bay

The Battle of Mobile Bay of August 5, 1864 was an engagement of the American Civil War in which a Union fleet commanded by Rear Admiral David G. Farragut, assisted by a contingent of soldiers, attacked a smaller Confederate fleet led by Admiral Franklin Buchanan and three forts that guarded the entrance to Mobile Bay.

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Battle of North Anna

The Battle of North Anna was fought May 23–26, 1864, as part of Union Lt. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant's Overland Campaign against Confederate Gen.

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Battle of Peachtree Creek

The Battle of Peachtree Creek was fought in Georgia on July 20, 1864, as part of the Atlanta Campaign in the American Civil War.

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Battle of Seven Pines

The Battle of Seven Pines, also known as the Battle of Fair Oaks or Fair Oaks Station, took place on May 31 and June 1, 1862, in Henrico County, Virginia, as part of the Peninsula Campaign of the American Civil War.

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Battle of Shepherdstown

The Battle of Shepherdstown, also known as the Battle of Boteler's Ford, took place September 19–20, 1862, in Jefferson County, Virginia (now West Virginia), at the end of the Maryland Campaign of the American Civil War.

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Battle of Spotsylvania Court House

The Battle of Spotsylvania Court House, sometimes more simply referred to as the Battle of Spotsylvania (or the 19th-century spelling Spottsylvania), was the second major battle in Lt. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant's 1864 Overland Campaign of the American Civil War.

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Battle of Tayacoba

The Battle of Tayacoba, June 30, 1898, was a disastrous American effort to land supplies and reinforcements to Cuban rebels fighting for their independence in the Spanish–American War.

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Battle of the Crater

The Battle of the Crater was a battle of the American Civil War, part of the Siege of Petersburg.

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Battle of the Little Bighorn

The Battle of the Little Bighorn, known to the Lakota and other Plains Indians as the Battle of the Greasy Grass and also commonly referred to as Custer's Last Stand, was an armed engagement between combined forces of the Lakota, Northern Cheyenne, and Arapaho tribes and the 7th Cavalry Regiment of the United States Army.

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Battle of Tientsin

The Battle of Tientsin, or the Relief of Tientsin, occurred on July 13–14, 1900, during the Boxer Rebellion in Northern China.

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Battle of Waynesboro, Virginia

The Battle of Waynesboro was fought on March 2, 1865, at Waynesboro in Augusta County, Virginia, during the American Civil War.

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Battle of Williamsburg

The Battle of Williamsburg, also known as the Battle of Fort Magruder, took place on May 5, 1862, in York County, James City County, and Williamsburg, Virginia, as part of the Peninsula Campaign of the American Civil War.

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Bears Paw Mountains

The Bears Paw Mountains (Bear Paw Mountains, Bear's Paw Mountains or Bearpaw Mountains) are an insular-montane island range in North-Central Montana, USA, located approximately 10 miles south of Havre, Montana.

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Beijing

Beijing, formerly romanized as Peking, is the capital of the People's Republic of China, the world's second most populous city proper, and most populous capital city.

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Belleu

Belleu is a commune in the department of Aisne in Hauts-de-France in northern France.

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Bernard J. D. Irwin

Bernard John Dowling Irwin (June 24, 1830 – December 15, 1917) was an assistant army surgeon during the Apache Wars and the first (chronologically by action) Medal of Honor recipient.

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Boatswain's mate (United States Navy)

The United States Navy occupational rating of boatswain's mate (abbreviated as BM) is a designation given by the Bureau of Naval Personnel (BUPERS) to enlisted members who were rated or "striking" for the rating as a deck seaman.

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Brazil

Brazil (Brasil), officially the Federative Republic of Brazil (República Federativa do Brasil), is the largest country in both South America and Latin America.

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Captain (United States)

In the United States uniformed services, captain is a commissioned-officer rank.

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Cárdenas, Cuba

Cárdenas, Calle Calzada Cárdenas is a municipality and city in the Matanzas Province of Cuba, about by air east of Havana.

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Chancellorsville, Virginia

Chancellorsville is a historic site and unincorporated community in Spotsylvania County, Virginia, about ten miles west of Fredericksburg.

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Chicago

Chicago, officially the City of Chicago, is the third most populous city in the United States, after New York City and Los Angeles.

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Chief petty officer

A chief petty officer is a senior non-commissioned officer in many navies and coast guards.

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Chief petty officer (United States)

Chief Petty Officer (CPO) is the seventh enlisted rank (E-7) in the United States Navy and U.S. Coast Guard, just above petty officer first class and below senior chief petty officer.

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Chile

Chile, officially the Republic of Chile, is a South American country occupying a long, narrow strip of land between the Andes to the east and the Pacific Ocean to the west.

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China

China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a unitary one-party sovereign state in East Asia and the world's most populous country, with a population of around /1e9 round 3 billion.

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Chiricahua Mountains

The Chiricahua Mountains massif is a large mountain range in southeastern Arizona which is part of the Basin and Range province of the west and southwest USA and northwest Mexico; the range is part of the Coronado National Forest.

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Chu Lai

Chu Lai is a seaport, urban and industrial area in Núi Thành District, Quảng Nam Province, Vietnam.

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Cienfuegos

Cienfuegos, capital of Cienfuegos Province, is a city on the southern coast of Cuba.

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Colonel

Colonel ("kernel", abbreviated Col., Col or COL) is a senior military officer rank below the brigadier and general officer ranks.

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Coquimbo

Coquimbo is a port city, commune and capital of the Elqui Province, located on the Pan-American Highway, in the Coquimbo Region of Chile.

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Corinth, Mississippi

Corinth is a city in and the county seat of Alcorn County, Mississippi, United States.

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Corporal

Corporal is a military rank in use in some form by many militaries and by some police forces or other uniformed organizations.

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Coxswain

The coxswain is the person in charge of a boat, particularly its navigation and steering.

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Cuba

Cuba, officially the Republic of Cuba, is a country comprising the island of Cuba as well as Isla de la Juventud and several minor archipelagos.

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Engineman

Engineman (abbreviated as EN) is a United States Navy occupational rating.

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Fairfield, Pennsylvania

Fairfield is a borough in Adams County, Pennsylvania, United States.

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Farrier

A farrier is a specialist in equine hoof care, including the trimming and balancing of horses' hooves and the placing of shoes on their hooves, if necessary.

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First Battle of Fort Fisher

The First Battle of Fort Fisher was a naval siege in the American Civil War, when the Union tried to capture the fort guarding Wilmington, North Carolina, the South's last major Atlantic port.

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First lieutenant

First lieutenant is a commissioned officer military rank in many armed forces and, in some forces, an appointment.

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First sergeant

First sergeant is typically a senior non-commissioned officer rank, used in many countries.

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Fort Fisher

Fort Fisher was a Confederate fort during the American Civil War.

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Fort Harrison

Fort Harrison later renamed Fort Burnham was an important component of the Confederate defenses of Richmond during the American Civil War.

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France

France, officially the French Republic (République française), is a sovereign state whose territory consists of metropolitan France in Western Europe, as well as several overseas regions and territories.

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Fredericksburg, Virginia

Fredericksburg is an independent city located in the Commonwealth of Virginia in the United States.

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Gettysburg, Pennsylvania

Gettysburg is a borough and the county seat of Adams County in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania.

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Gunner's mate

The United States Navy & United States Coast Guard occupational rating of gunner's mate (GM) is a designation given by the Bureau of Naval Personnel (BUPERS) to enlisted sailors who either satisfactorily complete initial Gunner's Mate "A" school training, or who "strike" for the rating by showing competence in the field of ordnance.

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Gunnery sergeant

Gunnery sergeant (GySgt) is the seventh enlisted rank in the United States Marine Corps, just above staff sergeant and below master sergeant and first sergeant, and is a staff non-commissioned officer (SNCO).

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Harrisonburg, Louisiana

Harrisonburg is a village in and the parish seat of Catahoula Parish, Louisiana, United States.

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Idaho

Idaho is a state in the northwestern region of the United States.

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Irish Americans

Irish Americans (Gael-Mheiriceánaigh) are an ethnic group comprising Americans who have full or partial ancestry from Ireland, especially those who identify with that ancestry, along with their cultural characteristics.

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Italy

Italy (Italia), officially the Italian Republic (Repubblica Italiana), is a sovereign state in Europe.

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Iwo Jima

, known in English as Iwo Jima, is one of the Japanese Volcano Islands and lies south of the Ogasawara Islands.

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Kansas

Kansas is a U.S. state in the Midwestern United States.

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Korea

Korea is a region in East Asia; since 1945 it has been divided into two distinctive sovereign states: North Korea and South Korea.

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Landres-et-Saint-Georges

Landres-et-Saint-Georges is a commune in the Ardennes department in northern France.

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Landsman (rank)

Landsman or landman (the latter being an older term) was a military rank given to naval recruits.

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Le Havre

Le Havre, historically called Newhaven in English, is an urban French commune and city in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region of northwestern France.

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Lieutenant

A lieutenant (abbreviated Lt, LT, Lieut and similar) is a junior commissioned officer in the armed forces, fire services, police and other organizations of many nations.

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Lieutenant (junior grade)

Lieutenant (junior grade), commonly abbreviated as LTJG or, historically, Lt. (j.g.) (as well as variants of both abbreviations), is a junior commissioned officer rank of the United States Navy, the United States Coast Guard, the United States Public Health Service Commissioned Corps, and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Commissioned Officer Corps (NOAA Corps).

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Lieutenant colonel

Lieutenant colonel is a rank of commissioned officer in the armies, most marine forces and some air forces of the world, above a major and below a colonel.

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Lieutenant colonel (United States)

In the United States Army, U.S. Marine Corps, and U.S. Air Force, a lieutenant colonel is a field grade military officer rank just above the rank of major and just below the rank of colonel.

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List of awards

A list of orders, medals, prizes, and other awards, of military, civil, and ecclesiastical conferees.

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List of foreign-born Medal of Honor recipients

The Medal of Honor was created during the American Civil War and is the highest military decoration presented by the United States government to a member of its armed forces.

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List of Italian Americans

This is a list of notable Italian Americans.

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List of Medal of Honor recipients

The Medal of Honor was created during the American Civil War and is the highest military decoration presented by the United States government to a member of its armed forces.

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Llano Estacado

Llano Estacado, often translated as Staked Plains, is a region in the Southwestern United States that encompasses parts of eastern New Mexico and northwestern Texas.

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Luzon

Luzon is the largest and most populous island in the Philippines.

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Machinist's mate

Machinist's mate (or MM) is a rating in the United States Navy's engineering community.

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Mahón

Maó-Mahón, sometimes written in English as Mahon (Maó, Mahón) is a municipality, the capital city of the island of Menorca, and seat of the Island Council of Menorca.

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Major

Major is a military rank of commissioned officer status, with corresponding ranks existing in many military forces throughout the world.

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Major (United States)

In the United States Army, Marine Corps, and Air Force, major is a field grade military officer rank above the rank of captain and below the rank of lieutenant colonel.

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Malvern Hill

Malvern Hill stands on the north bank of the James River in Henrico County, Virginia, USA, about eighteen miles southeast of Richmond.

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Maryland

Maryland is a state in the Mid-Atlantic region of the United States, bordering Virginia, West Virginia, and Washington, D.C. to its south and west; Pennsylvania to its north; and Delaware to its east.

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Master-at-arms

A Master-at-Arms (US: MA; UK & some Commonwealth: MAA) may be a naval rating, responsible for law enforcement, regulating duties, security, Anti-Terrorism/Force Protection (AT/FP).

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McGuire Air Force Base

McGuire AFB/McGuire, the common name of the McGuire unit of Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, is a United States Air Force base located in Burlington County, New Jersey, United States, approximately south-southeast of Trenton.

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Medal of Honor

The Medal of Honor is the United States of America's highest and most prestigious personal military decoration that may be awarded to recognize U.S. military service members who distinguished themselves by acts of valor.

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Menorca

Menorca or Minorca (Menorca; Menorca; from Latin: Insula Minor, later Minorica "smaller island") is one of the Balearic Islands located in the Mediterranean Sea belonging to Spain.

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Michael A. Monsoor

Michael Anthony Monsoor (5 April 1981 – 29 September 2006) was a United States Navy SEAL who was killed during the Operation Iraqi Freedom and posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor.

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Michael Madden (Medal of Honor)

Michael Madden (September 28, 1841-August 7, 1920) was a Private in the United States Army and a Medal of Honor recipient for his role with the 42nd New York Infantry of the Union Army in the American Civil War.

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Mississippi

Mississippi is a state in the Southern United States, with part of its southern border formed by the Gulf of Mexico.

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Mobile Bay

Mobile Bay is an inlet of the Gulf of Mexico, lying within the state of Alabama in the United States.

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Mobile, Alabama

Mobile is the county seat of Mobile County, Alabama, United States.

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Montana

Montana is a state in the Northwestern United States.

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Moorefield, West Virginia

Moorefield is a town in Hardy County, West Virginia, USA.

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Murfreesboro, Tennessee

Murfreesboro is a city in, and the county seat of, Rutherford County, Tennessee, United States.

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Musician (rank)

Musician (Mus) is a rank equivalent to Private held by members of the Corps of Army Music of the British Army and the Royal Marines Band Service.

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Nam Đông District

Nam Đông is a rural district of Thua Thien – Hue province in the North Central Coast region of Vietnam.

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Naval Battle of Guadalcanal

The Naval Battle of Guadalcanal, sometimes referred to as the Third and Fourth Battles of Savo Island, the Battle of the Solomons, the Battle of Friday the 13th, or, in Japanese sources, the, took place from 12–15 November 1942, and was the decisive engagement in a series of naval battles between Allied (primarily American) and Imperial Japanese forces during the months-long Guadalcanal Campaign in the Solomon Islands during World War II.

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Nebraska

Nebraska is a state that lies in both the Great Plains and the Midwestern United States.

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New Mexico

New Mexico (Nuevo México, Yootó Hahoodzo) is a state in the Southwestern Region of the United States of America.

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North Carolina

North Carolina is a U.S. state in the southeastern region of the United States.

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North Vietnam

North Vietnam, officially the Democratic Republic of Vietnam (DRV) (Việt Nam Dân Chủ Cộng Hòa), was a country in Southeast Asia from 1945 to 1976, although it did not achieve widespread recognition until 1954.

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O'Hare International Airport

O'Hare International Airport, usually referred to as O'Hare Airport, Chicago O'Hare, or simply O'Hare, is an international airport located on the far Northwest Side of Chicago, Illinois, northwest of the Loop business district, operated by the Chicago Department of Aviation and covering.

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Ojo Caliente, New Mexico

Ojo Caliente is a small unincorporated community in Taos County, New Mexico, United States.

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Ordinary seaman

An ordinary seaman (OS) is a naval rating of the deck department of a ship.

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Ordinary seaman (rating)

Ordinary seaman is a military rank used in naval forces.

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Ourcq

The Ourcq (Urc in 855) is an river in France, a tributary of the Marne.

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Pará

Pará is a state in northern Brazil traversed by the lower Amazon River.

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Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania (Pennsylvania German: Pennsylvaani or Pennsilfaani), officially the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, is a state located in the northeastern and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States.

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Petersburg, Virginia

Petersburg is an independent city in the Commonwealth of Virginia in the United States.

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Petty officer

A petty officer (PO) is a non-commissioned officer in many navies and is given the NATO rank denotion OR-6.

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Petty officer first class

Good conductvariation, 12 consecutive years or more of good conduct Petty officerfirst classinsigniaU.S. Navy &U.S. Coast Guard Petty officer first class is the sixth enlisted rank in the U.S. Navy, U.S. Coast Guard, and the United States Naval Sea Cadet Corps, ranking just above petty officer second class and directly below chief petty officer.

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Petty officer second class

Petty officer second class is the fifth enlisted rank in the U.S. Navy, U.S. Coast Guard, and the United States Naval Sea Cadet Corps, just above petty officer third class and below petty officer first class, and is a non-commissioned officer.

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Philippines

The Philippines (Pilipinas or Filipinas), officially the Republic of the Philippines (Republika ng Pilipinas), is a unitary sovereign and archipelagic country in Southeast Asia.

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Platte River

The Platte River is a major river in the state of Nebraska and is about long.

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Plymouth, North Carolina

Plymouth is the largest town in Washington County, North Carolina, United States.

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President of the United States

The President of the United States (POTUS) is the head of state and head of government of the United States of America.

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Private (rank)

A private is a soldier of the lowest military rank (equivalent to NATO Rank Grades OR-1 to OR-3 depending on the force served in).

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Private first class

Private First Class (PFC) is a military rank held by junior enlisted personnel.

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Quartermaster

Quartermaster is a military or naval term, the meaning of which depends on the country and service.

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Quảng Tín Province

Quảng Tín was a province of South Vietnam.

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Quảng Trị Province

Quảng Trị is a province in the North Central Coast region of Vietnam, north of the former imperial capital of Huế.

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Ramadi

Ramadi (الرمادي Ar-Ramādī; also formerly rendered as Rumadiyah or Rumadiya) is a city in central Iraq, about west of Baghdad and west of Fallujah.

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Rear admiral (United States)

Rear admiral in the United States refers to two different ranks of commissioned officers — one-star flag officers and two-star flag officers.

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Red River Campaign

The Red River Campaign or Red River Expedition comprised a series of battles fought along the Red River in Louisiana during the American Civil War from March 10 to May 22, 1864.

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Ross A. McGinnis

Ross Andrew McGinnis (14 June 19874 December 2006) was a United States Army soldier who was killed in the Iraq War and was posthumously awarded the United States' highest decoration for bravery, the Medal of Honor.

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San Juan de Nicaragua

San Juan de Nicaragua, formerly known as San Juan del Norte or Greytown, is a town and municipality in the Río San Juan department of Nicaragua.

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Santiago de Cuba

Santiago de Cuba is the second-largest city of Cuba and the capital city of Santiago de Cuba Province.

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Savage's Station, Virginia

Savage's Station was the wartime name of a supply depot, ammunition dump, field hospital, and command headquarters of the Army of the Potomac during the Peninsula Campaign of the American Civil War.

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Seaman

Seaman is a naval rank and is either the lowest or one of the lowest ranks in most navies around the world.

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Second Battle of Petersburg

The Second Battle of Petersburg, also known as the Assault on Petersburg, was fought June 15–18, 1864, at the beginning of the Richmond–Petersburg Campaign (popularly known as the Siege of Petersburg).

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Second lieutenant

Second lieutenant (called lieutenant in some countries) is a junior commissioned officer military rank in many armed forces, comparable to NATO OF-1b rank.

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Sergeant

Sergeant (abbreviated to Sgt and capitalized when used as a named person's title) is a rank in many uniformed organizations, principally military and policing forces.

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Shanghai

Shanghai (Wu Chinese) is one of the four direct-controlled municipalities of China and the most populous city proper in the world, with a population of more than 24 million.

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Sicily

Sicily (Sicilia; Sicìlia) is the largest island in the Mediterranean Sea.

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Siege of Vicksburg

The Siege of Vicksburg (May 18 – July 4, 1863) was the final major military action in the Vicksburg Campaign of the American Civil War.

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Sommerance

Sommerance is a commune in the Ardennes department in northern France.

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South Dakota

South Dakota is a U.S. state in the Midwestern region of the United States.

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South Mountain (Maryland and Pennsylvania)

South Mountain is the northern extension of the Blue Ridge Mountain range in Maryland and Pennsylvania.

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South Vietnam

South Vietnam, officially the Republic of Vietnam (RVN, Việt Nam Cộng Hòa), was a country that existed from 1955 to 1975 and comprised the southern half of what is now the Socialist Republic of Vietnam.

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Specialist (rank)

Specialist (abbreviated "SPC") is a military rank in some countries' armed forces.

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Spotsylvania County, Virginia

Spotsylvania County is a county in the U.S. state of Virginia.

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St. Marks, Florida

St.

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Surgeon's mate

A surgeon's mate was a rank in the Royal Navy for a medically trained assistant to the ship's surgeon.

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Sycamore Canyon (Yavapai County, Arizona)

Sycamore Canyon is the second largest canyon in the Arizona redrock country, after Oak Creek Canyon.

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Texas

Texas (Texas or Tejas) is the second largest state in the United States by both area and population.

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The Bahamas

The Bahamas, known officially as the Commonwealth of The Bahamas, is an archipelagic state within the Lucayan Archipelago.

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The Blade (Toledo, Ohio)

The Blade, also known as the Toledo Blade, is a daily newspaper in Toledo, Ohio, in the United States, first published on December 19, 1835.

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The Miami News

The Miami News was an evening newspaper in Miami, Florida.

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The News-Gazette (Champaign-Urbana)

The News-Gazette is a daily newspaper serving eleven counties in the eastern portion of Central Illinois and specifically the Champaign–Urbana metropolitan area.

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The Tuscaloosa News

The Tuscaloosa News is a daily newspaper serving Tuscaloosa, Alabama, United States, and the surrounding area in west central Alabama.

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Theodore Roosevelt Island

Theodore Roosevelt Island is an island and national memorial located in the Potomac River in Washington, D.C. The island was given to the American people by the Theodore Roosevelt Association in memory of the 26th president, Theodore Roosevelt.

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Third Battle of Petersburg

The Third Battle of Petersburg, also known as the Breakthrough at Petersburg or the Fall of Petersburg, was fought on April 2, 1865, south and southwest of Petersburg, Virginia, at the end of the 292-day Richmond–Petersburg Campaign (sometimes called the Siege of Petersburg) and in the beginning stage of the Appomattox Campaign near the conclusion of the American Civil War.

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Tianjin

Tianjin, formerly romanized as Tientsin, is a coastal metropolis in northern China and one of the four national central cities of the People's Republic of China (PRC), with a total population of 15,469,500, and is also the world's 11th-most populous city proper.

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Union Army

During the American Civil War, the Union Army referred to the United States Army, the land force that fought to preserve the Union of the collective states.

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Union Navy

The Union Navy was the United States Navy (USN) during the American Civil War, when it fought the Confederate States Navy (CSN).

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United States

The United States of America (USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a federal republic composed of 50 states, a federal district, five major self-governing territories, and various possessions.

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United States Air Force

The United States Air Force (USAF) is the aerial and space warfare service branch of the United States Armed Forces.

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United States Army

The United States Army (USA) is the land warfare service branch of the United States Armed Forces.

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United States Army Air Forces

The United States Army Air Forces (USAAF or AAF), informally known as the Air Force, was the aerial warfare service of the United States of America during and immediately after World War II (1939/41–1945), successor to the previous United States Army Air Corps and the direct predecessor of the United States Air Force of today, one of the five uniformed military services.

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United States Congress

The United States Congress is the bicameral legislature of the Federal government of the United States.

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United States Government Publishing Office

The United States Government Publishing Office (GPO) (formerly the Government Printing Office) is an agency of the legislative branch of the United States federal government.

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United States Marine Corps

The United States Marine Corps (USMC), also referred to as the United States Marines, is a branch of the United States Armed Forces responsible for conducting amphibious operations with the United States Navy.

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United States Marine Corps Reserve

The Marine Forces Reserve (MARFORRES or MFR), also known as the United States Marine Corps Reserve (USMCR) and the U.S. Marine Corps Forces Reserve, is the reserve force of the United States Marine Corps.

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United States Navy

The United States Navy (USN) is the naval warfare service branch of the United States Armed Forces and one of the seven uniformed services of the United States.

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United States Navy SEALs

The United States Navy's Sea, Air and Land Teams, commonly abbreviated as the Navy SEALs, are the U.S. Navy's primary special operations force and a component of the Naval Special Warfare Command.

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United States occupation of Haiti

The United States occupation of Haiti began on July 28, 1915, when 330 US Marines landed at Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on the authority of US President Woodrow Wilson.

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USS Benicia (1868)

USS Benicia was a screw sloop in the United States Navy during the late 19th century.

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USS Carondelet (1861)

USS Carondelet (1861) was a gunboat constructed for the War Department by James B. Eads during the American Civil War.

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USS Colorado (1856)

The first USS Colorado, a, three-masted steam screw frigate, was launched on 19 June 1856 by the Norfolk Navy Yard.

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USS Constitution

USS Constitution is a wooden-hulled, three-masted heavy frigate of the United States Navy named by President George Washington after the United States Constitution.

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USS Crusader (1858)

USS Crusader (1858) was a screw steamer of the United States Navy that served prior to, and during, the American Civil War.

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USS Fort Henry (1862)

USS Fort Henry (1862) was a steamer purchased by the Union Navy during the American Civil War.

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USS Iowa (BB-4)

USS Iowa (BB-4) was a United States Navy battleship.

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USS Iroquois (1859)

The first USS Iroquois was a sloop of war in the United States Navy during the American Civil War.

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USS Kearsarge (1861)

USS Kearsarge, a Mohican-class sloop-of-war, is best known for her defeat of the Confederate commerce raider during the American Civil War.

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USS Keokuk (1862)

USS Keokuk was an experimental ironclad screw steamer of the United States Navy named for the city of Keokuk, Iowa.

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USS Leyden (1865)

The first USS Leyden was a screw steamer that operated as a tug in the U.S. Navy from 1866 to 1903 and saw combat service in the Spanish–American War in 1898.

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USS North Dakota (BB-29)

USS North Dakota (BB-29) was a dreadnought battleship of the United States Navy, the second member of the, her only sister ship being.

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USS Petrel (PG-2)

The third USS Petrel (PG-2) was a 4th rate gunboat in the United States Navy during the Spanish–American War.

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USS Portsmouth (1843)

The second USS Portsmouth was a wooden sloop-of-war in the United States Navy in service during the mid-to-late 19th century.

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USS Puritan (BM-1)

The second USS Puritan was a Puritan-class monitor in the United States Navy, constructed in 1882.

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USS Salem (CL-3)

USS Salem (CS-3/CL-3), Scout Cruiser No. 3, was a scout cruiser of the United States Navy. She was the first Navy ship named for the city of Salem, Massachusetts. Salem was laid down on 28 August 1905, by the Fore River Shipyard; launched on 27 July 1907, sponsored by Mrs. Lorna Pinnock; and commissioned on 1 August 1908, Commander Henry B. Wilson in command.

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USS Vicksburg (PG-11)

USS Vicksburg was a United States Navy gunboat, laid down in March 1896 at Bath, Maine, launched on 5 December 1896, and commissioned on 23 October 1897.

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Valley Forge

Valley Forge functioned as the third of eight military encampments for the Continental Army’s main body, commanded by General George Washington.

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Vicksburg, Mississippi

Vicksburg is the only city in, and county seat of Warren County, Mississippi, United States.

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Virginia

Virginia (officially the Commonwealth of Virginia) is a state in the Southeastern and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States located between the Atlantic Coast and the Appalachian Mountains.

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Washington, D.C.

Washington, D.C., formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington or D.C., is the capital of the United States of America.

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Watertender

A watertender is a crewman aboard a steam-powered ship who is responsible for tending to the fires and boilers in the ship's engine room.

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Whetstone Mountains

The Whetstone Mountains is a mountain range in Cochise County, southeastern Arizona.

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White Clay Creek

White Clay Creek is an U.S. Geological Survey.

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Wichita River

The Wichita River, part of the Red River watershed, lies in north-central Texas.

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Wilderness, Virginia

Wilderness is an unincorporated community on the border of Orange and Spotsylvania counties in Virginia.

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Winchester, Virginia

Winchester is an independent city located in the northwestern portion of the Commonwealth of Virginia in the United States.

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Wolf Mountains

The Wolf Mountains, el.

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Yazoo City, Mississippi

Yazoo City is a U.S. city in Yazoo County, Mississippi.

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164th New York Volunteer Infantry

The 164th New York Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment in the Union Army during the American Civil War.

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1st Battalion, 5th Marines

1st Battalion, 5th Marines (1/5) is an infantry battalion in the United States Marine Corps based out of Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California consisting of approximately 800 Marines and sailors.

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1st Cavalry Regiment (United States)

The 1st Cavalry Regiment is a United States Army unit to have its antecedents in the early 19th century in the formation of the United States Regiment of Dragoons.

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1st Marine Division (United States)

The 1st Marine Division (1st MARDIV) is a Marine infantry division of the United States Marine Corps headquartered at Marine Corps Base Camp Pendleton, California.

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24th Marine Regiment (United States)

The 24th Marine Regiment (24th Marines) was one of three infantry regiments in the 4th Marine Division of the United States Marine Corps.

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2nd Battalion, 24th Marines

2nd Battalion, 24th Marines (2/24) is an infantry battalion in the United States Marine Corps based out of Chicago, Illinois, consisting of approximately 1000 Marines and Sailors.

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36th Virginia Infantry

The 36th Virginia Volunteer Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment raised in Virginia for service in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War.

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3rd Battalion, 3rd Marines

3rd Battalion, 3rd Marines, abbreviated as (3/3), is an infantry battalion of the United States Marine Corps, based out of Kāne'ohe, Hawai'i.

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3rd Battalion, 7th Marines

The 3rd Battalion 7th Marine Regiment (3/7) is an infantry battalion of the United States Marine Corps.

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4th Cavalry Regiment (United States)

The 4th Cavalry Regiment is a United States Army cavalry regiment, whose lineage is traced back to the mid-19th century.

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4th Marine Division (United States)

The 4th Marine Division is a reserve division in the United States Marine Corps.

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5th Cavalry Regiment

The 5th Cavalry Regiment ("Black Knights") is a historical unit of the United States Army that began its service in the decade prior to the American Civil War and continues in modified organizational format in the U.S. Army.

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5th Infantry Regiment (United States)

The 5th Infantry Regiment (nicknamed the "Bobcats") is an infantry regiment of the United States Army that traces its origins to 1808.

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6th Cavalry Regiment

The 6th Cavalry ("Fighting Sixth'") is a regiment of the United States Army that began as a regiment of cavalry in the American Civil War.

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7th Virginia Infantry

The 7th Virginia Volunteer Infantry Regiment was an infantry regiment raised in Virginia for service in the Confederate States Army during the American Civil War.

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8th Cavalry Regiment

The 8th Cavalry Regiment is a regiment of the United States Army formed in 1866 during the American Indian Wars.

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9th Cavalry Regiment (United States)

The 9th Cavalry Regiment includes active duty reconnaissance units of the United States Army.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Irish-American_Medal_of_Honor_recipients

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