Posted on Jan 30, 2018
Can someone get two medals of honors? If so, would they wear both or what would it look like?
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Yes, Dan Dailey (almost was awarded three) and Smedley Butler both were awarded two Medals of Honors.
Update as others have mentioned as of 1919 second awards of the Medal of Honor are not authorized.
Also just for fun here is a more in-depth history on Dan Daly
http://www.badassoftheweek.com/daly.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Daly
Update as others have mentioned as of 1919 second awards of the Medal of Honor are not authorized.
Also just for fun here is a more in-depth history on Dan Daly
http://www.badassoftheweek.com/daly.html
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Daly
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Detail on Maj Gen Smedley Butler. The wiki article shows his ribbons at bottom of article.
"By the end of his career, Butler had received 16 medals, five for heroism. He is one of 19 men to receive the Medal of Honor twice, one of three to be awarded both the Marine Corps Brevet Medal (along with Wendell Neville and David Porter) and the Medal of Honor, and the only Marine to be awarded the Brevet Medal and two Medals of Honor, all for separate actions."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smedley_Butler
"By the end of his career, Butler had received 16 medals, five for heroism. He is one of 19 men to receive the Medal of Honor twice, one of three to be awarded both the Marine Corps Brevet Medal (along with Wendell Neville and David Porter) and the Medal of Honor, and the only Marine to be awarded the Brevet Medal and two Medals of Honor, all for separate actions."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smedley_Butler
Smedley Darlington Butler (July 30, 1881– June 21, 1940) was a United States Marine Corps major general, the highest rank authorized at that time, and at the time of his death the most decorated Marine in U.S. history. During his 34-year career as a Marine, he participated in military actions in the Philippines, China, in Central America and the Caribbean during the Banana Wars, and France in World War I. Butler later became an outspoken...
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Imagine the kind of awful circumstances or poor luck for a person to be in two different situations that would be considered honorable enough to earn more than one Medal of Honor.
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SPC David Willis
Imagine the sheer luck though of a person who was able to wear two MOHs while still breathing.
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PFC Bradley Campbell
"Snuffy" Smith got his in the Eighth AF over Germany. he was a total screw up soldier. he was on KP when the people arrived to present his award.
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19 people have received the Medal of Honor twice. None recently, but they have received it.
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