There are 22 Medals awarded for actions on this date. The 22nd of June was dominated by multiple awards from the early days of the Medal - when it was the only game in town. Most of the Medals in today's list would have been Bronze or Silver Stars in this century or the last. On a plus note, there are no posthumous awards - though the tradition of the times was that dead people didn't get awards. They might get statues, but they didn't get medals.
This first one would be a Navy and Marine Corps Medal, the naval services highest award for heroism not involving combat. From the"Interim Awards, 1871-1898" period.
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Jun 22 2014, 07:38 AM
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