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Italy
Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
decoration for military valour.
Past recipients
- Edouard IzacEdouard IzacEdouard Victor Michel Izac was a Lieutenant in the United States Navy during World War I, a Representative from California and a Medal of Honor recipient.-Biography:...
, Lieutenant, United States Navy - Douglas MacArthurService summary of Douglas MacArthurDouglas MacArthur, United States Army General began his career in 1899, served in three major military conflicts and held the highest military office of the United States and of the Philippines during that service.-West Point:...
, General, United States Army - Vernon BakerVernon BakerVernon Joseph Baker was a United States Army officer who received the United States military's highest decoration, the Medal of Honor, for his actions in World War II...
, Second Lieutenant, United States Army - Alvin YorkAlvin YorkAlvin Cullum York was one of the most decorated American soldiers in World War I. He received the Medal of Honor for leading an attack on a German machine gun nest, taking 32 machine guns, killing 28 German soldiers and capturing 132 others...
, Sergeant, United States Army - Frank Luke, Jr., 2nd Lieutenant, MoH, United States Army Air Service, 27th Aero Squadron
- Wolfgang LüthWolfgang LüthKapitän zur See Wolfgang August Eugen Lüth , was the second most successful German U-boat ace of World War II...
, German Kriegsmarine - Heinrich BleichrodtHeinrich BleichrodtLieutenant Commander Heinrich Bleichrodt was one of the most successful German U-boat commander of the Second World War. From October 1939 until retiring from front line service in December 1943, he sank 25 ships for a total of . For this he received the Knight's Cross with Oak Leaves, among other...
, German Kriegsmarine - Evans CarlsonEvans CarlsonBrigadier General Evans Fordyce Carlson was the famed U.S. Marine Corps leader of the World War II "Carlson's Raiders"...
, US Marine, World War II, leader of Carlson's Raiders - Robert L. BlackwellRobert L. BlackwellRobert Lester Blackwell was an American soldier who posthumously received the Medal of Honor during World War I. He was born in the vicinity of Hurdle Mills, in Person County, North Carolina, to James B. and Eugenia Blackwell...
, Private, United States Army, Medal of Honor awardee, World War One