Who was the youngest recipient of the congressional medal of honor?
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Jack Lucas was 17 years old when he received the medal of honor in 1945.
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Less than 18 years old.
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Marine Lance Cpl. Jose Gutierrez is one of the first U.S. servicemen killed in combat in Iraq was not a citizen of the country for which he sacrificed his life.\n\nLance Cpl. Jose Gutierrez, 22, a rifleman with the Marines, died in a firefight March 21 near Umm Qasr.\n\nBorn in Guatemala, Gutierrez held permanent U.S. resident status, which he obtained in 1999.
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Bill Clinton, when he was elected, was the third youngest person to hold the office of President, and the second-youngest elected (Teddy Roosevelt, the youngest, succeeded after McKinley's assassination.  The youngest elected, second youngest to hold, was Kennedy.)\n\nYounger Presidents can sometimes appeal to the American public], especially since he was elected to replace the older George H.W. Bush.  Clinton has a distinguished carrer for his age, he'd been elected governor of Arkansas 5 times before running for President.
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2002-George W. Bush\nhttp://www.whitehouse.gov/ogc/
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well, SHE wasn't a congressMAN.\nJeannette Rankin was the first female elected to congress and voted against both the japan and germany/italy declaration of war because she was a pacifist (she also voted against the declaration of war in WWI when she was in the house of representatives)\n\n/edit \nTo the person below:\nit is easy to say "oh oh, look see, pacifism is bad" without delving into the facts.  You may want to look into Rankin sometime and see what her background was, why she became a pacifist.  She did not vote against the war declarations in order to stop the war, but, rather, to make a statement.  I studied her a bit for a project I did while working on my master's in american history, she was a fascinating individual.
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William Henry Harrison (February 9, 1773 – April 4, 1841) was an American military leader, politician, and the ninth President of the United States
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Presidential Medal of Freedom and the Congressional Gold Medal of Honor.
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Valor\nActually, the U.S. Navy was the first military service to accept and use the Medal of Honor, the General-in-Chief of the Army Winfield killed the idea as a European affectation
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I THINK THE NEWEST AND THE YOUNGEST PRESIDENT OF THE WORLD IS AHMEDEJANI OF IRAN
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no one you must be older than 18 to hold a seat in Congress
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His rank was Gunnery Sgt.
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If your mother or father is already in the military, have they win the Medal of Honor.  Children of Medal winners are automatically granted entrance.  Unfortunately most Medal winners get their medals posthumously.\n\nJust kidding.  Congratulations on your grades and your extra curricular activities.  I am ex-Army and hence favor "Hudson High", but there are other military academies such as the Air Force Academy, the Naval Academy, the Coast Guard Academy, and the Merchant Marine Academy.  \n\nAdmission into any of the Academies is very competitive.  You get a great education from books and from life.  You learn to become a leader.  The payback is that you have a 5 year obligation once you pin on your officer rank.  It sounds like a long commitment, but it sure beats pitching pennies.  \n\nAnother avenue to get to the Academy is through the United States Military Academy Prep School at Fort Monmouth, NJ.  First you enter the military as an enlisted soldier, you apply for prep school and from there you head to West Point.  \n\nAppointment Process\nBy an Act of Congress passed in 1903, two appointments as Cadets were allowed for each senator, representative, and delegate in Congress, two for the District of Columbia, and five each year at large. Currently, each member of Congress and the Vice President can have five appointees attending the Military Academy at any time. When any appointee graduates or otherwise leaves the academy, a vacancy is created. Candidates are nominated by their senator, representative, or delegate in Congress, and those appointed at large are nominated by the Vice President. The process is not political and applicants do not have to know their Congressman to be nominated. Congressmen generally nominate ten people per vacancy. They can nominate people in a competitive manner, or they can have a principal nomination. In a competitive nomination, all ten applicants are reviewed by the academy, to see who is the most qualified. If the congressman appoints a principal nominee, then as long as that candidate is physically, medically, and academically found qualified by the academy, he or she will be admitted, even if there are more qualified applicants. The degree of difficulty in obtaining a nomination varies greatly according to the number of applicants in a particular state. The process of obtaining a nomination typically consists of completing an application, completing one or more essays, and obtaining one or more letters of recommendation. These requirements are set by the respective senator or congressman and are in addition to the USMA application.\n\nAdditional sources of appointment are open to children of career military personnel (100 per year); 170 appointments per year are for active duty Army enlisted personnel; 20 appointments per year are provided for Army Reserve Officer Training Corps Cadets; and 65 appointments are available to children of military members who were killed in action, or were rendered 100% disabled due to injuries received in action, or are currently prisoners of war or missing in action. Typically five to ten candidates are nominated for each appointment, which are normally awarded competetively; candidates who do not receive the appointment they are competing for may still be admitted to the Academy as a qualified alternate. If a candidate is considered qualified but not picked up, they may receive an indirect admission to the Military Academy Preparatory School in Fort Monmouth, New Jersey; the following year, these candidates receive direct appointment to the Academy.\n\nAdditionally, children of Medal of Honor recipients do not need a nomination but only need to qualify for admission.\n\nAdmissions Requirements\nTo be admitted, candidates must be between seventeen and twenty-three years of age upon entrance, unmarried with no children, and of good moral character. The current process includes a university application, standardized testing, and personal referenc
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Vonetta Flowers was the First African American to have won the Gold Medal at the Olympic Winter Games. (in bobsleigh)
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It was Franklin D. Roosevelt.  I remember this, because I did a report on him in 6th grade.  I never heard about the pilot that dropped a kid on Japan.
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In 1917, John Henry (''Dick'') Turpin became the first African-American chief petty officer, the Navy's highest enlisted rank at the time. Turpin enlisted in 1896 and survived the sinking of the battleship USS Maine in Havana harbor in February 1898. A chief gunner's mate, he was one of the blacks allowed to stay in 1919 and retired in 1925.
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It is late and I'll have to research this one.  I know foriegn nationals serving with us can win our medals and ribbons but not sure how high it goes.\n\nAlso I believe the US Order of Merit is a civilian award and not a military comendation.\n\nOK, done a little research now.  I have found nothing about Margaret Thatcher winning a US Order of Merit but she was awarded the Order of Merit from England. (1)  In fact, I have found no where were the US awards the Order of Merit.\n\nOn military awards, in the US you can only recieve what congress votes for you to recieve.  If a foriegn country wishes to award a medal, congress must ok it first.  Such as South Korea wanted to issue a cold war madel to US servicemen but it was declined because the South Korean military could not recieve it (2).  I am assuming that other countries have similar policies, I know Britain has "The Queens Rule" where only she can knight its citizens, put in place by Queen Elizabeth the First (lost my reference on this one).\n\nOn civilian awards, I am not sure how other countries allow their citizens to recieve them but the two highest civilian awards in the US are The Presidential Medal of Freedom and The Congressional Gold Medal of Honor.  Prime Minister Tony Blair has recieved the Presidential Medal of Freedom so no doubt it can be awarded to foreign nationals. (3)  This is the same medal awarded the passengers of flight 93.\n\nI could not find valor awards for foriegn nationals.  I do know that we do have awards though.  When I was in the Marines I served with a couple of British Royals and I saw them recieve a joint service medal at an awards ceramony.  Them Brits know how to party as well.  So I know people from other countries can recieve awards but unfortunatly all my searches are leading to how US people recieve awards and not awarding other countries.\n\nSpell check was down.