The Medal of Honor is the highest award for bravery that can be given to any individual in the United States.

In judging men for receipt of the medal, each service has established its own regulations. The deed must be proved by incontestable evidence of at least two eyewitnesses; it must be so outstanding that it clearly distinguishes the recipient's gallantry beyond the call of duty from lesser forms of bravery; it must involve the risk of his life; and it must be the type of deed which, if he had not done it, would not subject him to any justified criticism.

SERGEANT MAJOR
MICHAEL JOSEPH MCNALLY, USMC

Born: 29 June 1860 in New York, New York

Enlisted: 1 December 1897 in Mare Island, California

Medal of Honor awarded: 19 July 1901

The Medal of Honor is the highest award for bravery that can be given to any individual in the United States.

In judging men for receipt of the medal, each service has established its own regulations. The deed must be proved by incontestable evidence of at least two eyewitnesses; it must be so outstanding that it clearly distinguishes the recipient's gallantry beyond the call of duty from lesser forms of bravery; it must involve the risk of his life; and it must be the type of deed which, if he had not done it, would not subject him to any justified criticism.

SERGEANT MAJOR
MICHAEL JOSEPH MCNALLY, USMC

MAJOR GENERAL
DAVID DIXON PORTER*, USMC

Born: 29 April 1877 in Washington, D.C.

Commissioned: 26 May 1898 in Washington, D.C.

The Medal of Honor is the highest award for bravery that can be given to any individual in the United States.

In judging men for receipt of the medal, each service has established its own regulations. The deed must be proved by incontestable evidence of at least two eyewitnesses; it must be so outstanding that it clearly distinguishes the recipient's gallantry beyond the call of duty from lesser forms of bravery; it must involve the risk of his life; and it must be the type of deed which, if he had not done it, would not subject him to any justified criticism.

SERGEANT MAJOR
MICHAEL JOSEPH MCNALLY, USMC

SERGEANT
THOMAS FRANCIS PRENDERGAST, USMC

Born: 2 April 1871 in Waterford, Ireland

Enlisted: 16 May 1893 in Boston, Massachusetts

The Medal of Honor is the highest award for bravery that can be given to any individual in the United States.

In judging men for receipt of the medal, each service has established its own regulations. The deed must be proved by incontestable evidence of at least two eyewitnesses; it must be so outstanding that it clearly distinguishes the recipient's gallantry beyond the call of duty from lesser forms of bravery; it must involve the risk of his life; and it must be the type of deed which, if he had not done it, would not subject him to any justified criticism.

SERGEANT MAJOR
MICHAEL JOSEPH MCNALLY, USMC

HARRY CHAPMAN ADRIANCE, USMC

Adriance was born 27 October 1864 in Oswego, New York. At the age of 33, he enlisted in the Marine Corps in Boston, Massachusetts, on 15 June 1898.

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The greatest Marine ever. o7