Medal of Honor: Timeline

1900   Sergeant William Harvey Carney becomes the first African American African American

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 to be awarded the Medal of Honor (awarded for heroism in the Battle of Fort Wagner during the American Civil War American Civil War

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).

1928   Charles Lindbergh Charles Lindbergh

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 is presented the Medal of Honor for his first trans-Atlantic Atlantic Ocean

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 flight.

1968   The Medal of Honor is posthumously awarded to James Anderson, Jr. — he is the first African American African American

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 U.S. Marine to be awarded the Medal of Honor.

1968   Vietnam War Vietnam War

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: United States Air Force United States Air Force

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 First Lieutenant and Bell UH-1F helicopter pilot James P. Fleming rescues an Army Special Forces unit pinned down by Viet Cong fire, earning a Medal of Honor for his bravery.