Above and Beyond the Call of Duty

Ridgerunner

Ridgerunner

Vice Admiral
The Unknowns hold a special place of honor in the American military. Not only did they give their lives for their country, they also gave their identities. No one knows who they are, how they died, or even which branch of service they were in. Because of their supreme, ultimate sacrifice, they were all awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor.


Unknown​

Congressional Medal of Honor​


Citation:

By virtue of an act of Congress approved 24 August 1921, the Medal of Honor, emblem of highest ideals and virtues is bestowed in the name of the Congress of the United States upon the unknown American, typifying the gallantry and intrepidity, at the risk of life above and beyond the call of duty, of our beloved heroes who made the supreme sacrifice in the World War. They died in order that others might live (293.8, A.G.O.) (War Department General Orders, No. 59, 13 Dec. 1921, sec. I).
 
Standby to make a more up-to-date memorial. There's been a disaster recently in the NavSpecWar community, and I can't say anything until it's been officially released.
 
Unknown​


Congressional Medal of Honor​


Citation:

AN ACT To authorize the President to award the Medal of Honor to the unknown American who lost his life while serving overseas in the armed forces of the United States during the Second World War.

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the President is hereby authorized and directed to award, in the name of Congress, a Medal of Honor to the unknown American who lost his life while serving overseas in the armed forces of the United States during the Second World War, and who will lie buried in the Memorial Amphitheater of the National Cemetary at Arlington, Virginia, as authorized by the Act of June 24, 1946, Public Law 429, Seventy-ninth Congress.

Approved March 9, 1948. Public Law 438, 80th Congress.
 
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