Hiram Bearss U.S. Marine Corps Medal of Honor The Philippines November 17, 1901 Hiram Bearss earned his first major decoration, the Medal of Honor, in the Philippines for leading his men down booby-trapped jungle trails, across a tropical river and up sheer volcanic cliffs to overrun a Filipino facility enemy POWs had called “impregnable.” It …
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