The decoration is called the Congressional Medal of Honor by every person that is eligible for the award. To wit: US military personnel. A fast web search on Google for "CMOH" indicates that this is the recognized name of the decoration. If someone asked this Marine about the medal of honor, he would say "You mean the Congressional Medal of Honor? We call it CMOH." |
Ok, you're correct; it's commonly called that but the actual name is the Medal of Honor. (Please inform the [Congressional Medal of Honor Society]). ;-) Anyway, the problem is that if we have to specify further than simply "Medal of Honor," why not make it at least what it's commonly called? No one (to my knowledge) says "U.S. Medal of Honor."
And so but I was confused about the civilian award; that's called the Medal of Freedom. --KQ
The decoration is called the Congressional Medal of Honor by every person that is eligible for the award. To wit: US military personnel. A fast web search on Google for "CMOH" indicates that this is the recognized name of the decoration. If someone asked this Marine about the medal of honor, he would say "You mean the Congressional Medal of Honor? We call it CMOH."