The document discusses the Medal of Honor and provides details about 6 recipients of the award: James Brown, Samuel Triplett, Wardlaw Miles, Lucian Adams, Robert Eugene Bush. It describes their ranks, branches of service, dates and locations of their acts of valor, and reasons for receiving the Medal of Honor, which is the highest military decoration awarded for bravery against an enemy force.

1. By: Kendal Martinez
Jacy Brown
Period: 1st

2.  It is an award given to soldiers of the U.S.
military that display
determination, bravery, and leadership
during their service.
 3 guidelines:
1. They had to be in action against
American enemy.
2. They must be in military operations
involving conflict.
3. They have to be serving with friendly
forces against enemy forces.
 The medal of honor was signed on July
12th, 1862 by President Abraham Lincoln.

3.  James Brown
Rank: Sergeant
Branch: U.S. Army
Date/Location: Davidson
Canyon near Camp
Crittenden, Arizona, Augu
st 27, 1872
Reason: He was in
command of a
detachment of four men
that defeated a superior
force.

4.  Samuel Triplett
Rank: ordinary seaman
Branch: U.S. Navy
Date/Location: July
27, 1898, Guatanamo
Bay, Cuba
Reason: He disabled 27
contact mines during
the war.

5.  Wardlaw Miles
Rank: Captain
Branch: U.S Army
Date/Location: Sept.
14th, 1918 near
Reveillon, France
Reason: He successfully
cut a path through wire to
the enemy’s trench. He
was wounded five
times, but continued to
lead his troop.

6.  Lucian Adams
Rank: Staff Sergeant
Branch of service: U.S.
Army
Date/Location: October
28, 1944; near St.
Die, France
Reason: He dispatched a
group of Germans in the
woods to reopen a supply
line to the isolated
battalion. He dodged
hand grenades and
machine gun fire and in
the end killed 9 Germans
for himself.

7.  Robert Eugene Bush
Rank: Hospital Apprentice 1st
Class
Branch: U.S. Navy
Date/Location: May 2, 1945;
Okinawa Jima, Ryukyu
Islands
Reason: He treated wounded
patient one after another
despite Japanese attacks.
For example he continued to
give blood plasma to a
wounded soldier without
regards to his own wounds.