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I have first-hand knowledge that Medal of Honor recipients resent it when people refer to them as having "won" the Medal of Honor. They do prefer to be known as recipients. Therefore, I request, on behalf of the distinguished individuals, that any references to "winning" or "awarding" or any such terms be replaced with ones such as "presented", "recieved", or "earned".
I hate to say this but these medals were awarded somewhat indiscriminately prior to WW I, because they were the only medal available other than the purple heart that could be awarded. A brief search by anyone will reveal this. They seem to have taken an easy to read history of the establishment of the medal out of Wikipedia unfortunately. But anyway, here's one reference on establishing it as a serious medal.[1]
Anyway, maybe the category should be split between pre-1914/6 and post 1914/6. Some were extremely meaningful before that but not nearly as many as there were afterwards. Hopefully no one within those two years from the establishment of a new medal to being awarded the medal of honor.Student7 (talk) 13:35, 8 January 2009 (UTC)[reply]
Since the category is split up by conflict (and several other things) I think it basically already does what you are asking for. At least for the lists they are anyway.--Kumioko (talk) 12:55, 2 July 2009 (UTC)[reply]
