Clair-Mel City in Tampa in Hillsborough County, Florida — The American South (South Atlantic)
Medal of Honor
Hillsborough County Veterans Memorial Park
Photographed by Brandon D Cross, March 7, 2022
1. Medal of Honor Marker
For conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of life,
above and beyond the call of duty, in action involving
actual conflict with an opposing armed force.
The Medal of Honor is the United States of America's highest military honor, awarded for personal acts of valor above and beyond the call of duty The medal is awarded by the President of the United States in the name of Congress to US military personnel only. There are three versions of the medal, one for the Army, one for the Navy and one for the Air Force. Personnel of the Marine Corps and Coast Guard receive the Navy version.
There have been many Medals of Honor awarded to the nations' soldiers, sailors, airmen, marines and coast guardsmen since the decoration's creation in 1861. There were no military awards or medals in use at the beginning of the American Civil War (1861-1865). As the only award available during this conflict, almost half of all medals of honor presented to date were awarded for actions in the four years of the civil war.
The Medal of Honor is usually presented by the President at the White House in a formal ceremony intended to represent the gratitude of the American people, with posthumous presentations made to the primary next of kin. In
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The medal was established during the civil war to give recognition to men who distinguished themselves conspicuously by gallantry and intrepidity in combat with an enemy of the United States.
U.S. Army
Private Adam Paine - Indian Wars Captain Charles Albert Varnum - Indian Wars Sergeant Clarence M. Condon - Philippine War First Lieutenant Cecil Hamilton Bolton - World War II Second Lieutenant Robert Edward Femoyer - Army AC - WWII Major Thomas Buchanan McGuire Jr - Army AC - WWII Second Lieutenant Alexander Ramsey Nininger Jr - World War II Private James Henry Mills - World War II Private First Class Emory L. Bennett -Korean War Staff Sergeant Hammett L. Bowen Jr - Vietnam War Staff Sergeant Clifford Chester Sims - Vietnam War Specialist Fourth Class Nicholas J. Cutinha - Vietnam War *Sergeant First Class Paul R. Smith - Iraq Staff Sergeant Robert J. Miller - Afghanistan
U.S. Air Force
U.S. Marine Corps
Private Robert Miller McTureous Jr - World War II *First Lieutenant Baldomero Lopez
Photographed by Brandon D Cross, March 7, 2022
2. Medal of Honor Marker
U.S. Navy
Chief Machinist's Mate Francis Edward Ormsbee Jr - World War I Lieutenant Commander William Merrill Corey Jr - World War I Commander David McCampbell - World War II Hospital Corpsman Third Class Robert R. Ingram - Vietnam War Lieutenant Thomas Rolland Norris - Vietnam War Lieutenant Junior Grade Clyde Everett Larsen - Vietnam War
U.S. Coast Guard
(reverse side captions)
"Liberty and freedom and democracy are prizes that are awarded only to people who fight to win them and then keep on fighting eternally to hold them.
Sergeant Alvin York 1941
I would rather have the blue band of the Medal of Honor around my neck than to be President of the United States"
President Harry S. Truman 1946
Erected by Hillsborough County.
Topics and series. This memorial is listed in these topic lists: Military • Patriots & Patriotism. In addition, it is included in the Medal of Honor Recipients series list.
Location. 27° 58.586′ N, 82° 21.782′
Photographed by Brandon D Cross, March 7, 2022
3. Hillsborough County Medal of Honor Recipients U.S. Army and U.S. Air Force
Regionally, this memorial is on Florida’s Tampa Bay. It is also in the American South and on the Gulf Coast. Globally, it is in the North Atlantic Region, North America, a Gulf of Mexico state, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Spain, the territory of the Mississippian Culture, one of the Confederate States of America, and the Antebellum South.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Sergeant First Class Paul R. Smith (here, next to this marker); First Lieutenant Baldomero Lopez (here, next to this marker); Bataan Death March Bridge (a few steps from this marker); US Army Howitzer 75mm (within shouting distance of this marker); US Army Stuart M3A1 Light Tank (within shouting distance of this marker); Navy Seabees (within shouting distance of this marker); Hillsborough County World War I Veterans Memorial (within shouting distance of this marker); Douglas MacArthur (within shouting distance of this marker). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Tampa.
Also see . . . Veterans Memorial Park and Museum Highlights. (Submitted on May 7, 2022, by Brandon D Cross of Flagler Beach, Florida.)
Photographed by Brandon D Cross, March 7, 2022
4. Hillsborough County Medal of Honor Recipients U.S. U.S. Marine Corps, U.S. Navy and U.S. Coast Guard
Photographed by Brandon D Cross, March 7, 2022
5. Medal of Honor Memorial (reverse side)
Credits. This page was last revised on July 28, 2024. It was originally submitted on May 7, 2022, by Brandon D Cross of Flagler Beach, Florida. This page has been viewed 474 times since then and 215 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. submitted on May 7, 2022, by Brandon D Cross of Flagler Beach, Florida. • J. J. Prats was the editor who published this page.
