The Medal of Honor is the highest military award given by the U.S. Armed Forces. It was approved by Abraham Lincoln in 1862 and requires that the recipient engage in heroic military action against an enemy of the U.S. or foreign opposing force while serving with friendly forces. There are three guidelines for receiving the award, including engaging the enemy, being in a military conflict with an opposing foreign force, and serving with friendly forces not at war with the opposing armed force.

1. The Medal of Honor is the highest level of award that
someone can receive while enlisted in the U.S. Armed Forces.
It was signed and approved by Abraham Lincoln on July
12,1862.
There are 3 guidelines for receiving the Medal of Honor.
a)The person must engage in action against an enemy of the
U.S.
b)Must engage in military operations involving conf lict with
an opposing foreign force.
c)Person must be serving with friendly forces engaged in
armed conf lict against an opposing armed force which the
U.S. is not a belligerent party.

2.  Was a Staff Sargaent in the Army during World War I.
 He was awarded the Medal of Honor on October 28,
1944 for his brave actions on the battlefield.
 Lucian Adams and his company were stopped in their
tracks at St. Die, France, in an effort to push through
the Mortagne Forest. Adams went on the front lines
with his BAR and while hip firing, saved his fellow
troops and made it through safely.

3.  George Albee was a First Lieutenant in the Army
during the Indian War Campaigns.
 Lieutenant Albee was awarded the Medal of Honor in
1869 for what he did near the Brazos River in Texas.
 George Albee was with 2 other men. He and his group
were attacked by 11 Native Americans. He took matters
into his own hands and fought them off and advanced
forward.

4.  Edward Baker Jr. was a Sargeant Major in the Army
during the War with Spain.
 He was awarded at Santiago Cuba on July 1, 1898.
 Baker was under fire. He left his cover and recues a
fellow Conrad from drowning.