Research Guides: QPME: Small Wars and Irregular Warfare: Medal of Honor

Medal of Honor: Banana Wars & Afghanistan

"His duties required him to be at points of great danger in directing his officers and men, and he exhibited conspicuous courage, coolness, and skill in his conduct of the fighting. Upon his courage and skill depended, in great measure, success or failure. His responsibilities were great and he met them in a manner worthy of commendation."

—From the Medal of Honor citation of LtCol Wendell C. Neville,
USMC, 4 DEC 1915


Depicted is then-Gunnery Sergeant Daly, a double recipient of the Medal of Honor. Image: Marine Corps Archives.	George Reid was awarded the Medal of Honor for distinguished conduct in battle, engagements of Vera Cruz, 21 and 22 April 1914. Image: Marine Corps Archives.	Dakota Meyer was awarded the Medal of Honor for actions in Afghanistan on Sept. 8, 2010. Meyersaved 13 U.S. Marines and soldiers and 23 Afghans. Image: DVIDS.

Afghanistan War Medal of Honor Recipients
Marines: Kyle Carpenter, Dakota Meyer.
Dominican Campaign Medal of Honor Recipients
Marines: Joseph Glowin, Ernest Williams, Roswell Winans.
Haiti Campaign 1915 Medal of Honor Recipients
Marines: Smedley Butler, Dan Daly, Samuel Gross, Ross Iams, Edward Ostermann, William Upshur.
Mexican Campaign (Vera Cruz) Medal of Honor Recipients
Marines: Randolph Berkeley, Smedley Butler, Albertus Catlin, Jesse Dyer, Eli Fryer, Walter Hill, John Hughes, Wendell Neville, George Reid.
Philippine Insurrection Medal of Honor Recipients
Marines: Hiram Bearss, Howard Buckley, Bruno Forsterer, Harry Harvey, Henry Hulbert, Joseph Leonard, Michael McNally, David Porter, Thomas Prendergast.
Second Haiti Campaign, 1919-1920 Medal of Honor Recipients
Marines: William Button, Herman Hanneken.
Second Nicaraguan Campaign Medal of Honor Recipients
Marines: Christian Schilt, Donald Truesdell

From the USMC Research Library

Maverick Marine General Smedley D. Butler and the Contradictions of American Military History by Hans Schmidt
Smedley Butler's life and career epitomize the contradictory nature of American military policy through the first part of this century. Butler won renown as a Marine battlefield hero, campaigning in most of America's foreign military expeditions from 1898 to the late 1920s. He became the leading national advocate for paramilitary police reform. Upon his retirement, however, he renounced war and imperialism and devoted his energy and prestige to various dissident and leftist political causes.
Sergeant Major Dan Daly: the most outstanding Marine of all time by Stephen W. Scott
During his time in the Corps, Daly fought in the Philippine-American War, the Boxer Rebellion, the Banana Wars, including Cuba, Mexico, Haiti and the Dominican Republic, before going to World War One. Along the way he was one of only two Marines to earn the Medal of Honor twice, for two separate actions.
Paths to Glory: Medal of Honor Recipients Smedley Butler and Dan Daly by David T. Zabecki
Where did banana republics get their name? by The Economist

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