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Heroic Score1001057th out of 4480
Number of Medals4
Total Heroic & Non-Heroic Score1061592 of 4480
U.S. Navy#79of 703
Marine Corps#61of 273
World War II#486of 924
Battle of Okinawa#10of 17
Robert Eugene Bush
Hospital Apprentice First Class, U.S. Navy
World War IIBattle of Okinawa
Awards & Decorations
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Biography
Robert Eugene Bush, at age 18, was the youngest member of the United States Navy in World War II to receive the nation's highest military decoration for valor, the Medal of Honor. He was awarded the medal for heroic actions "above and beyond the call of duty" while serving as hospital corpsman attached to a Marine Corps rifle company on May 2, 1945, during the Battle of Okinawa.
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Medal of Honor(base 100)
+100Heroic Score100 pts