{"slug": "medal-of-honor", "label": "Medal of Honor", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medal_of_Honor", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q203535", "qid": "Q203535", "description": "highest award for valor by an individual serving in the Armed Forces of the United States", "entries": 7, "years": 7, "span": [1863, 2012], "span_label": ["1863 CE", "2012 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Conflict & Security", "count": 2}, {"title": "Deaths", "count": 2}, {"title": "Crime & Justice", "count": 1}, {"title": "Science & Discovery", "count": 1}, {"title": "Disasters & Accidents", "count": 1}], "related": [{"slug": "united-states-senate", "label": "United States Senate", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "charles-lindbergh", "label": "Charles Lindbergh", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 1863, "year_label": "1863 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "March 25", "text": "March 25 – U.S. Army Private Jacob Parrott, a soldier in \"Andrews' Raiders\", becomes the first person to receive the Medal of Honor, presented by U.S. Secretary of War Edwin M. Stanton to six of the Raiders. Parrott is followed that day by six others.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1363782030#March", "title": "1863", "revid": 1363782030, "section": "Events › March"}}, {"year": 1889, "year_label": "1889 CE", "section": "Crime & Justice", "date": "May 11", "text": "May 11 – Wham Paymaster robbery: An attack upon a U.S. Army paymaster and escort in the Arizona Territory results in the theft of over $28,000, and the award of two Medals of Honor.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1367594292#May", "title": "1889", "revid": 1367594292, "section": "Events › May"}}, {"year": 1928, "year_label": "1928 CE", "section": "Science & Discovery", "date": "March 21", "text": "March 21 – Charles Lindbergh is presented with the Medal of Honor for his first transatlantic flight.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1372527586#March", "title": "1928", "revid": 1372527586, "section": "Events › March"}}, {"year": 1944, "year_label": "1944 CE", "section": "Disasters & Accidents", "date": "October 25", "text": "October 25 – WWII: USS Tang is sunk in the Formosa Strait by one of her own torpedoes. Medal of Honor-winning submarine ace Richard O'Kane becomes a prisoner of war.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1370022611#October", "title": "1944", "revid": 1370022611, "section": "Events › October"}}, {"year": 1945, "year_label": "1945 CE", "section": "Conflict & Security", "date": "January 26", "text": "January 26 – WWII: 19-year-old U.S. Army Staff Sergeant Audie Murphy sees action at Holtzwihr, France, for which is awarded the Medal of Honor.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371513862#January", "title": "1945", "revid": 1371513862, "section": "Events › January"}}, {"year": 1993, "year_label": "1993 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "September 27", "text": "September 27 – Jimmy Doolittle, 96, American military general, aviation pioneer and recipient of the Medal of Honor.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1370394246", "title": "Deaths in September 1993", "revid": 1370394246, "section": "Deaths › September"}}, {"year": 2012, "year_label": "2012 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "December 17", "text": "December 17 – Daniel Inouye, 88, American politician, Senator from Hawaii (since 1963), President pro tempore (since 2010), Medal of Honor recipient, respiratory failure.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373544875", "title": "Deaths in December 2012", "revid": 1373544875, "section": "Deaths › December"}}]}