According to msmanners212, a woman recently recieved the medal of honor. Does anyone know anything about this?

Question

She said that a woman had recieved it for "saving her entire platoon". I think msmanners212 is full of it because I can't find anything about this. In fact the only woman I know of that has recieved the medal of honor was Dr. Mary Walker, but she then had hers revoked because her heroic actions were non-combat related. It was later reinstated in 1977.

But does anyone know if a woman has recently been awarded the congressional medal of honor? Or was msmanners212 just making stuff up...

Answer 1

Mary Walker was the only woman awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor at Bull Run on July 21,1861

Answer 2

As I stated I could not find anything.  I think she is either misinformed or stretching the truth.

Answer 3

The last medal of honor recipiant was a Navy Seal Master-at-Arms Michael Monsoor, Navy Seal Lt. Michael Murphy, then a Marine Cpl Jason Dunham, and an Army SFC Paul R. Smith during the invasion.   That's the only 4 since Operation Enduring Freedom period.

Answer 4

She's probably thinking of Monica Brown. By the by, though she wasn't in a combat 'role,' it was definitely a combat situation that led to her being awarded the Silver Star.

Answer 5

I don't recall anything about the Medal of Honor, but I think a woman won the Silver Star a month or two ago.

Answer 6

Dont know if recently, but there was a woman that was awarded the medal of honor on 1892

http://www.defenselink.mil/news/newsarti...

You can get a list of all medal of honor recipients at:

http://www.history.army.mil/moh.html

And a list of medals awarded to women at:

http://userpages.aug.com/captbarb/medals...