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  • The Medal of Honor is awarded "to such noncommissioned officers and privates as shall most distinguish themselves by their gallantry in action, and other soldierlike qualities, during the present insurrection." Thereby its a strictly military award. Civilians would be given a different award for their works.
  • While current regulations, (10 U.S.C. § 6241), beginning in 1918, explicitly state that recipients must be serving in the U.S. Armed Forces at the time of performing a valorous act that warrants the award of the Medal of Honor, exceptions have been made. For example, Mary Walker worked as a military contractor, and Charles Lindbergh, while a reserve member of the U.S. Army Air Corps, received his Medal of Honor as a civilian pilot. Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medal_of_Honor I guess that RJTRIES doesn't look so much like a "freaking idiot" now.

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