Two U.S. Presidents refused to accept the Medal of Honor. Dwight D. Eisenhower was offered the Medal of Honor but refused it. Who was the other president who refused the Medal of Honor?

On May 6, 1971, when Congress was preparing to award him the Medal of Honor on his 87th birthday, he refused to accept it, "I don't consider that I have done anything which should be the reason for any award." Truman quashed such deliberations by writing a letter, read to the House on 6 May 1971 in which he maintained that the Medal of Honor was for combat bravery and that changing the requirements in his case would detract from the merit of the award: “I do not consider that I have done anything which should be the reason of any award,"....I do appreciate the kind things that have been said.... Therefore, I close by saying thanks, but I will not accept a Congressional Medal of Honor.”

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John Dommerman

I agree with Harry. Only those in the military and were conspicuous for their bravery & courage should receive this reward.

Ken Putnam

finsfone, Depending on the source, estimates ranged from hundreds of thousands to millions of casualties FOR AMERICANS ALONE That doesn't consider Japanese military or civilians.

Edie Koller

I remember when that happened too. I was almost 25 when that happened.

finsfone

Defenseless and defeated? Without those 2 bombs we would have lost thousands and thousands of more American soldiers before defeating them. They started it, we finished it!

micksulli

Carroll Price, they were not about to surrender and not dropping the bomb would have cost thousands more of American troops lives in an invasion of Japan. He absolutely did the right thing!