Living Recipients Recent Presentations Unknown Soldiers Double Recipients Fallen in Service Recipients Black / African American Recipients Asian / Pacific Islander Recipients Hispanic / Latino Recipients Native / American Indian Recipients Jewish Recipients Related Recipients Chaplain Recipients Medics / Corpsmen Recipients Submariner 38 Recipients of Two Medals of Honor. ‹. 1. 2. 3. 4. ›. View a list of all the Recipients of Two Medals of Honor of the Medal of Honor at the official website of the Congressional Medal of Honor Society. awards. As of this printing, 3,512 Medals of Honor have been awarded to 3,493 recipients. There have been 19 double recipients (14 for separate actions and 5 cases in which the Army and Navy Medals of Honor were awarded for the same action). Since World War I, there has been an implied reluctance to award the medal more than once to the same There have been 19 double Medal of Honor recipients. The Medal of Honor is the only U.S. military award worn around the neck as opposed to being pinned on the uniform. Among other privileges, Medal of Honor recipients receive invitations to attend presidential inaugurations and accompanying festivities. Sgt. Maj. Dan Daly and Maj. Gen. Smedley Butler are the only double recipients of the Medal of Honor. At 5 feet, 6 inches and 132 pounds, Daly was a force to be reckoned with. Transcript Author Christopher Rochford Instructor Eve Levinson View bio Explore what a Medal of Honor is and identify who has the most Medals of Honor in American history. Learn about the Nine more men received two Medals of Honor in the 19th century, including Robert Augustus Sweeney, an African American sailor who heroically saved shipmates from drowning in both 1881 and 1883. Hispanic American • • World War II was a global military conflict. It is also called Second World War. It was the joining of what started off as two separate conflicts. The first began in Asia as the Second Sino-Japanese War. The other began in Europe in 1939 with the German invasion of Poland. [1] For the curious: Investigate a few of these noteworthy lists. Living Recipients Recent Presentations Unknown Soldiers Double Recipients Fallen in Service Recipients Black / African American Recipients Asian / Pacific Islander Recipients Hispanic / Latino Recipients Native / American Indian Recipients Jewish Recipients Related Recipients Five "double recipients" were awarded both the Army's and Navy's Medal of Honor for the same action, with all five of these occurrences taking place during World War I. This was a consequence of the marine recipients serving under Army command, which had been reviewed by the Army's judge advocate general. P2yf.