Medal of Honor

College Scholarships Now Available for Children of Military Heroes

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Tuesday, October 11, 2022

Military service should be recognized and rewarded, said Freedom Alliance President Tom Kilgannon.

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  • Military service should be recognized and rewarded, said Freedom Alliance President Tom Kilgannon.
  • The College Savings Indicator, a recent study conducted by Fidelity Investments, shows that the cost of college is at an all-time high, and parents are deeply concerned about their ability to help their children pay for a college education.
  • About Freedom Alliance: Freedom Alliance is a charitable organization providing help and support to wounded troops and military families.
  • Freedom Alliance has awarded more than $20 million in college scholarships to children of heroes killed or disabled in military service and spent millions more helping injured veterans and their families with outdoor recreational therapy trips, Heroes Retreats, care packages for deployed troops, mortgage-free homes, all-terrain wheelchairs and much more.

Legends Invitational Golf Tournament at Pebble Beach Benefiting the Navy SEAL Community Announces New Sponsorship Opportunities; a Few Foursomes Are Still Available for the 31st Legends Invitational on November 10-14th, 2022

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Tuesday, October 4, 2022

Its 31st annual philanthropic sports event, founded in 1990 and co-owned by John Lee and Mary Lee, will be held on November 10-14th, 2022.

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  • Its 31st annual philanthropic sports event, founded in 1990 and co-owned by John Lee and Mary Lee, will be held on November 10-14th, 2022.
  • The event was established to bring together friends andsports celebrities to celebrate Medal of Honor recipients in the Navy SEAL Community.
  • Legends Invitationalis the perfect event for your best clients, your best employees and your best friends, said John Lee, president of Legends Invitational.
  • The event is recognized as one of the most prestigious, and longest-running privately owned tournaments at Pebble Beach.

Legends Invitational Announces Its 31st Annual Golf Tournament; Participants Play Pebble Beach with Sports Celebrities and Navy SEALs to benefit the SEAL community.

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Wednesday, September 14, 2022

The event was established to bring together friends and sports celebrities to celebrate Medal of Honor recipients in the Navy SEAL Community.

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  • The event was established to bring together friends and sports celebrities to celebrate Medal of Honor recipients in the Navy SEAL Community.
  • Also, several medals of honor recipients, Navy SEALs and other sports celebrities will be present.
  • The Navy SEALs will parachute into the first hole, and SEALs and K-9ers will repel off the roof of Spanish Bay.
  • The event is recognized as one of the most prestigious, and longest-running privately owned tournaments at Pebble Beach.

MEDAL OF HONOR FOUNDATION ANNOUNCES NEW LEADER

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Tuesday, September 6, 2022

MOUNT PLEASANT, S.C., Sept. 6, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Medal of Honor Foundation (the Foundation) today announced that John Shertzer has been appointed to the role of executive director to lead the organization into a new period of growth and impact.

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  • The Medal of Honor Foundation was established in 1999 to advance the mission and ensure financial support of the Congressional Medal of Honor Society (the Society), the membership organization of the 65 living Medal of Honor Recipientsour nation's greatest heroes.
  • McIntyre said, "We are delighted that John is joining us at the Medal of Honor Foundation.
  • John's a mission-driven leader whose principles are perfectly in sync with those of the Medal of Honor.
  • Shertzer added, "The opportunity to support the work of our nation's Medal of Honor Recipients is an honor and privilege.

Legends Invitational Announces Its 31st Annual Golf Tournament at Pebble Beach

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Tuesday, August 30, 2022

Key Largo, Florida--(Newsfile Corp. - August 30, 2022) - Legends Invitational announces its 31st annual golf tournament, an upcoming sports event founded in 1990 and co-owned by John Lee and Mary Lee, which will be held on November 10-14th, 2022, at the renowned Pebble Beach.

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  • Key Largo, Florida--(Newsfile Corp. - August 30, 2022) - Legends Invitational announces its 31st annual golf tournament, an upcoming sports event founded in 1990 and co-owned by John Lee and Mary Lee, which will be held on November 10-14th, 2022, at the renowned Pebble Beach.
  • The event was established to bring together friends and sports celebrities to celebrate Medal of Honor recipients in the Navy SEAL Community.
  • Reflecting on their tournament, John Lee, owner and president of the Legends Invitational , said, "The 31st-year celebrations will be an exceptional experience for everyone.
  • The company own the entire golf course at Pebble Beach, and have the capacity to accommodate hundreds of guests as have successfully done over the years."

Knoxville welcomes Medal of Honor Recipients for annual Celebration

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Tuesday, August 30, 2022

KNOXVILLE, Tenn., Aug. 30, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Nearly half of the 65 living Medal of Honor Recipients and their families will travel to Knoxville Sept. 6-10 for the Medal of Honor Celebration, a week of activities focused on reuniting the Recipients of the United States' highest military award for valor. The events will allow Recipients to reconnect with each other, commemorate those Recipients who have passed, conduct Congressional Medal of Honor Society business and engage with the Knoxville and East Tennessee communities. Knoxville previously hosted the Celebration in 2014. 

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    "It's quite an honor to have Medal of Honor Recipients returning to Knoxville for the Celebration," said Joe Thompson, chairman of the Medal of Honor Celebration Committee.
  • September will mark the second time the Medal of Honor Celebration has been held in Knoxville, which last welcomed recipients in 2014.
  • The Society carries out its mission through outreach, education and preservation programs, including the Medal of Honor Museum , Congressional Medal of Honor Outreach Programs , the Congressional Medal of Honor Character Development Program , and the Congressional Medal of Honor Citizen Honors Awards for Valor and Service .
  • As part of Public Law 106-83 , the Medal of the Honor Memorial Act, the Medal of Honor Museum, which is co-located with the Congressional Medal of Honor Society's headquarters on board the U.S.S.

'Top Gun: Maverick' actor Glen Powell to receive Bob Hope Award

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Wednesday, August 24, 2022

KNOXVILLE, Tenn., Aug. 24, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Medal of Honor Celebration Committee is pleased to announce that actor Glen Powell, currently starring with Tom Cruise in the blockbuster "Top Gun: Maverick," will receive the Bob Hope Award for Entertainment at the upcoming Medal of Honor Celebration in Knoxville in September. He will join fellow Medal of Honor award recipients, Ambassador Nikki Haley, NBC News Correspondent Courtney Kube and Dr. Timothy Miller at the Patriot Awards Gala on Sept. 10.

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  • KNOXVILLE, Tenn., Aug. 24, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Medal of Honor Celebration Committee is pleased to announce that actor Glen Powell, currently starring with Tom Cruise in the blockbuster "Top Gun: Maverick," will receive the Bob Hope Award for Entertainment at the upcoming Medal of Honor Celebration in Knoxville in September.
  • "I've spent much of my career trying to tell the stories of our men and women in uniform with integrity and accuracy," said Powell.
  • The Medal of Honor Celebration is an annual gathering for recipients ofthe United States'highest military award for valor.
  • Sinise is also a previous recipient of the Bob Hope Award.

Congressional Medal of Honor Society Announces Passing of Medal of Honor Recipient Robert E. Simanek at 92

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Monday, August 1, 2022

MOUNT PLEASANT, S.C., Aug. 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Congressional Medal of Honor Society regretfully announces that Robert E. Simanek, Medal of Honor recipient, passed away Monday, Aug. 1, 2022, in Novi, Michigan, at the age of 92.

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  • MOUNT PLEASANT, S.C., Aug. 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Congressional Medal of Honor Society regretfully announces that Robert E. Simanek, Medal of Honor recipient, passed away Monday, Aug. 1, 2022, in Novi, Michigan, at the age of 92.
  • President Dwight Eisenhower presented his Medal of Honor on Oct. 23, 1953, at a White House ceremony.
  • The Society carries out its mission through outreach, education and preservation programs, including the Medal of Honor Museum , Congressional Medal of Honor Outreach Program s, the Congressional Medal of Honor Character Development Program , and the Congressional Medal of Honor Citizen Honors Awards for Valor and Service.
  • As part of Public Law 106-83 , the Medal of the Honor Memorial Act, the Medal of Honor Museum, which is co-located with the Congressional Medal of Honor Society's headquarters on board the U.S.S.

Pritzker Military Museum & Library Will Bestow a Posthumous Citizen Soldier Award to Hershel "Woody" Williams at its Annual Liberty Gala

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Wednesday, July 27, 2022

Chicago, Illinois, July 27, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- CHICAGO July 27, 2022 The Pritzker Military Museum & Library is humbled and honored to announce that the Museum & Library will bestow its first posthumous Citizen Soldier Award to Hershel Woody Williams.

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  • Chicago, Illinois, July 27, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- CHICAGO July 27, 2022 The Pritzker Military Museum & Library is humbled and honored to announce that the Museum & Library will bestow its first posthumous Citizen Soldier Award to Hershel Woody Williams.
  • Woody graciously donated his Medal of Honor to the Pritzker Military Museum & Library in 2009.
  • Woody Williams will be honored alongside Lieutenant Colonel Enoch Woodhouse, Colonel Jack Jacobs, and General Ann Dunwoody as recipients of the Pritzker Military Museum & Librarys 2022 Citizen Soldier Award.
  • The Citizen Soldier Award recipients are selected by a committee comprised of members of the Board of Directors and non-Board volunteers of the Pritzker Military Museum & Library and by Col. Jennifer N. Pritzker, Chair and Founder of the Museum & Library.

Congressional Medal of Honor Society Welcomes Newest Members

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Tuesday, July 5, 2022

MOUNT PLEASANT, S.C., July 5, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Congressional Medal of Honor Society welcomes former US Army Specialist Five Dwight W. Birdwell, former US Army Specialist Five Dennis M. Fujii, and retired Major John J. Duffy as the newest members of the Congressional Medal of Honor Society.

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  • MOUNT PLEASANT, S.C., July 5, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Congressional Medal of Honor Society welcomes former US Army Specialist Five Dwight W. Birdwell, former US Army Specialist Five Dennis M. Fujii, and retired Major John J. Duffy as the newest members of the Congressional Medal of Honor Society.
  • These newest Medal of Honor recipients wear the Medal on behalf of those who were lost and those whose freedom was secured by their sacrifice.
  • The Congressional Medal of Honor Society, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, is dedicated to preserving the legacy of the Medal of Honor and its Recipients, inspiring Americans, and supporting the Recipients as they connect with communities across the country.
  • Chartered by Congress in 1958 , its membership consists exclusively of those individuals who have received the Medal of Honor.