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I like the MOH idea. I mean even though its iconic, why name bases after the losers of a civil war? Named them after real hero. Those that gave the last final measure! Only problem is who to pick?

Agerholm, Harold C., Private First Class, USMCR — July 1944 (Posthumous award)
Anderson, Aaron, Landsman, USN — March 1865
Anderson, Edwin A., Captain, USN — April 1914
Anderson, Richard B., Private First Class, USMC — February 1944 (Posthumous award)
Andrews, John, Ordinary Seaman, USN — June 1871
Antrim, Richard N., Commander, USN — April 1942 (He was a Lieutenant at that time)
Atkins, Daniel, Ship’s Cook First Class, USN — February 1898

Badders, William, Chief Machinist’s Mate, USN — Diver — May - September 1939
Bailey, Kenneth D., Major, USMC — September 1942 (Posthumous award)
Baker, Benjamin F., Coxwain, USN — May 1898
Baker, Henry (Charles), Quarter Gunner, USN — August 1864
Barter, Gurdon H., Landsman, USN — January 1865
Basilone, John, Sergeant, USMC — October 1942
Bauer, Harold W., Lieutenant Colonel, USMC — Aviator — May-November 1942 (Posthumous award)
Bausell, Lewis K., Corporal, USMC — September 1944 (Posthumous award)

Bennion, Mervyn Sharp, Captain, USN — December 1941 (Posthumous award)
Berry, Charles J., Corporal, USMC — March 1945 (Posthumous award)
Bigelow, Elmer Charles, Water Tender Second Class, USN — February 1945 (Posthumous award)
Binder, Richard, Sergeant, USMC — December 1864 - January 1865
Blagheen, William, Ship’s Cook, USN — August 1864
Blake, Robert, Contraband, USN — December 1863

Boers, Edward William, Seaman, USN — July 1905
Bonnyman, Alexander, Jr. , First Lieutenant, USMCR — November 1943 (Posthumous award)
Boone, Joel T., Lieutenant, Medical Corps, USN — July 1918
Bordelon, William J., Staff Sergeant, USMC — November 1943 (Posthumous award)
Boyington, Gregory, Major, USMCR — Aviator — September 1943 - January 1944

Bradley, George, Chief Gunner’s Mate, USN — April 1914
Brazell, John, Quartermaster, USN — August 1864
Breault, Henry, Torpedoman Second Class, USN — October 1923
Brown, Robert, Captain of the Top, USN — August 1864
Brown, William H., Landsman, USN — August 1864
Brown, Wilson, Landsman, USN — August 1864
Brutsche, Henry, Landsman, USN — October 1864

Bulkeley, John D., Lieutenant, USN — December 1941 - April 1942
Burton, Albert, Seaman, USN — January 1865
Bush, Richard E., Corporal, USMCR — April 1945
Bush, Robert E., Hospital Apprentice First Class, USNR — May 1945

Caddy, William R., Private First Class, USMCR — March 1945 (Posthumous award)
Cann, Tedford H., Seaman, USNRF — November 1917
Cappodano, Vincent R., Lieutenant, Chaplain Corps, USNR — September 1967 (Posthumous award)
Carey, James, Seaman, USN — about 1870
Castle, Guy W.S., Lieutenant, USN — April 1914
Charette, George, Gunner’s Mate First Class, USN — June 1898
Clausen, Claus K.R., Coxwain, USN — June 1898

Cole, Darrell S., Sergeant, USMCR — February 1945 (Posthumous award)
Connor, Thomas, Ordinary Seaman, USN — January 1865
Corcoran, Thomas E., Landsman, USN — May 1863
Cotton, Peter, Ordinary Seaman, USN — December 1862
Corry, William M., Jr., Lieutenant Commander, USN — Aviator — October 1920 (Posthumous award)
Covington, Jesse W., Ship’s Cook Third Class, USN — April 1918

Crandall, Orson L., Chief Boatswain’s Mate, USN, — Diver — May - September 1939
Crilley, Frank W., Chief Gunner’s Mate, USN — Diver — April 1915
Cromwell, John P., Captain, USN — Submariner — November 1943
Cronin, Cornelius, Chief Quartermaster, USN — August 1864
Cukela, Louis, Sergeant, USMC — July 1918

Davis, George F., Commander, USN — January 1945 (Posthumous award)
Davis, John, Quarter Gunner, USN — February 1862
Davis, Samuel W., Ordinary Seaman, USN — August 1864
DeSomer, Abraham, Chief Turret Captain, USN — April 1914
De Wert, Richard, Hospitalman, USN — April 1951 (Posthumous award)
Deignan, Osborn W., Coxwain, USN — June 1898

Diggins, Bartholomew, Ordinary Seaman, USN — August 1864
Doolittle, James H., Lieutenant Colonel, U.S. Army Air Force — April 1942
Drexler, Henry C., Ensign, USN — October 1924 (Posthumous award)
Duncan, James K.L., Ordinary Seaman, USN — March 1864
Dunlap, Robert H., Captain, USMCR — February 1945
Durney, Austin J., Blacksmith, USN — May 1898

Eadie, Thomas, Chief Gunner’s Mate, USN — Diver — December 1927
Edwards, Walter A., Lieutenant Commander, USN — December 1922
English, Thomas, Signal Quartermaster, USN — December 1864 - January 1865
Evans, Ernest Edwin, Commander, USN — Oct. 1944

Farley, William, Boatswain’s Mate, USN — December 1863
Finn, John William, Chief Aviation Ordnanceman, USN — December 1941
Flaherty, Francis C., Ensign, USNR — December 1941 (Posthumous award)
Fletcher, Frank Friday, Rear Admiral, USN — April 1914
Fletcher, Frank Jack, Lieutenant, USN — April 1914
Fluckey, Eugene B, Commander, USN — December 1944 - February 1945
Foster, Paul F., Ensign, USN — April 1914
Fuqua, Samuel G., Lieutenant Commander, USN — December 1941

Gardner, William, Seaman, USN — August 1864
Gary, Donald A., Lieutenant (Junior Grade), USN — March 1945
Gehegan, Thomas, , Boatswain’s Mate, USN — April 1862 (Medal forfeited)
Gilmore, Howard W., Commander, USN — Submariner — February 1943 (Posthumous award)
Graves, Ora, Seaman, USN — July 1917
Gray, Ross F., Sergeant, USMCR — February 1945 (Posthumous award)
Griffiths, John, Captain of the Forecastle, USN — January 1865
Griswold, Luke M., Ordinary Seaman, USN — December 1862

Haffee, Edmund, Quarter Gunner, USN — December 1864 - January 1865
Halford, William, Coxwain, USN — November-December 1870
Hall, William E., Lieutenant (Junior Grade), USNR — Aviator — May 1942
Halyburton, William D., Pharmacist’s Mate Second Class, USNR — May 1945 (Posthumous award)

Hammerberg, Owen F.P., Boatswain’s Mate Second Class, USN — Diver — Feb. 1945 (Posthumous award)
Hammann, Charles Hazeltine, Ensign, USNRF — Aviator — August 1918
Hanson, Robert M., First Lieutenant, USMCR — Aviator — November 1943 & January 1944 (Posthumous award)
Harcourt, Thomas, Ordinary Seaman, USN — January 1865
Harrell, William G., Sergeant, USMC — March 1945
Hayden, David E., Hospital Apprentice First Class, USN — September 1918
Herring, Rufus G., Lieutenant (Junior Grade), USNR — February 1945

Hill, Edwin J., Chief Boatswain, USN — December 1941 (Posthumous award)
Hobson, Richmond P., Lieutenant (Naval Constructor), USN — June 1898
Hoffman, Charles F., , Gunnery Sergeant, USMC — July 1918. (Also known as Ernest A. Janson)
Horgan, Michael C., Landsman, USN — October 1864
Hudner, Thomas Jerome, Jr., Lieutenant (Junior Grade), USN — Aviator — Dec. 1950
Huse, Harry McL. P., Captain, USN — April 1914
Hutchins, Carlton B., Lieutenant, USN — Aviator — February 1938 (Posthumous award)
Hutchins, Johnnie D., Seaman First Class, USNR — September 1943 (Posthumous award)

Ingram, Osmond K., Gunner’s Mate First Class, USN — October 1917
Isaacs (Izac), Edouard V.M., Lieutenant , USN — May-October 1918

Jackson, Arthur J., Private First Class, USMC — September 1944
Jacobson, Douglas T., Private First Class, USMCR — February 1945
Janson, Ernest A., Gunnery Sergeant, USMC — July 1918. (Also known as Charles F. Hoffman)
Jones, Claud A., Lieutenant, USN — August 1916
Jones, Herbert C., Ensign, USNR — December 1941 (Posthumous award)
Jones, John, Landsman, USN — December 1862
Julian, Joseph R., Platoon Sergeant, USMCR — March 1945 (Posthumous award)

Kelly, Francis, Watertender, USN — June 1898
Kelly, John J., Private, USMC — October 1918
Keppler, Reinhardt J., Boatswain’s Mate First Class, USN — November 1942 (Posthumous award)
Kidd, Isaac C., Rear Admiral, USN — December 1941 (Posthumous award)
Kilmer, John E., Hospitalman, USN — August 1952 (Posthumous award)

King, John, Watertender, USN — May 1901 and September 1909 (two awards)
Kinser, Elbert L., Sergeant, USMCR — May 1945 (Posthumous award)
Koelsch, John Kelvin, Lieutenant (Junior Grade), USN — Aviator — July 1951 (Posthumous award)
Kraus, Richard E., Private First Class, USMCR — October 1944 (Posthumous award)
Kyle, Patrick J., Landsman USN — March 1879

La Belle, James D., Private First Class, USMCR — March 1945 (Posthumous award)
Lawson, John, Landsman, USN — August 1864
Leims, John H., Second Lieutenant, USMCR — March 1945
Lester, Fred F., Hospital Apprentice First Class, USNR — June 1945 (Posthumous award)
Lucas, Jacklyn H., Private First Class, USMCR — February 1945
Lukes, William F., Landsman, USN — June 1871
Lummus, Jack, First Lieutenant, USMCR — March 1945 (Posthumous award)

MacArthur, Douglas, General, U.S. Army — 1941 - April 1942
McCampbell, David, Commander, USN — Aviator — June & October 1944
McCandless, Bruce, Lieutenant Commander, USN — November 1942
McCard, Robert H., Gunnery Sergeant, USMC — June 1944 (Posthumous award)
McCarthy, Joseph J., Captain, USMCR — February 1945
McDonald, James H., Chief Metalsmith, USN — Diver — May - September 1939

McGonagle, William L., Commander, USN — June 1967
McGunigal, Patrick, Ship’s Fitter 1st Class, USN — September 1917
MacKenzie, John, Chief Boatswain’s Mate, USNRF — December 1917
Mackie, John F., Corporal, USMC — May 1862
McKnight, William, Coxwain, USN — April 1862

Madison, James J., Lieutenant Commander, USNRF — September 1918
Martin, Harry L., First Lieutenant, USMCR — March 1945 (Posthumous award)
Mason, Leonard F., Private First Class, USMC — July 1944 (Posthumous award)
Meyer, William, Carpenter’s Mate 3rd Class, USN — May 1898

Mifflin, James, Engineer’s Cook, USN — August 1864
Mihalowski, John, Chief Torpedoman, USN — Diver — May - September 1939
Miller, Harry H., Seaman, USN — May 1898
Miller, James, Quartermaster, USN — December 1863
Miller, Willard D., Seaman, USN — May 1898

Molloy, Hugh, Ordinary Seaman, USN — March 1864
Monssen, Mons, Chief Gunner’s Mate, USN — April 1904
Montague, Daniel, Chief Master-At-Arms, USN — June 1898
Munro, Douglas A., Signalman First Class, USCG — September 1942 (Posthumous award)
Murphy, John E., Coxswain, USN — June 1898

Newland, William D., Ordinary Seaman, USN — August 1864
Noil, Joseph, Seaman, USN — December 1872

O’Callahan, Joseph T., Lieutenant Commander, Chaplain Corps, USNR — March 1945
O’Hare, Edward H., Lieutenant, USN — Aviator — February 1942
O’Kane, Richard H., Commander, USN — October 1944
Osborne, Weedon E., Lieutenant (Junior Grade), Dental Corps, USN — June 1918 (Posthumous award)
Owens, Robert A., Sergeant, USMC — November 1943 (Posthumous award)
Ozbourn, Joseph W., Private, USMC — July 1944 (Posthumous award)

Pease, Joachim, Seaman, USN — June 1864
Pelham, William R., Landsman, USN — August 1864
Penn, Robert, Fireman First Class, USN — July 1898
Peterson, Oscar V., Chief Water Tender, USN — May 1942 (Posthumous award)
Phillips, George F., Machinist First Class, USN — June 1898
Phillips, George, Private, USMCR — March 1945 (Posthumous award)
Pierce, Francis J., Pharmacist’s Mate First Class, USN — March 1945
Pruitt, John H., Corporal, USMC — October 1918 (Posthumous award)

Ray, David R., Hospital Corpsman Second Class, USN — March 1969 (Posthumous award)
Reeves, Thomas James, Chief Radioman, USN — December 1941 (Posthumous award)
Ricketts, Milton Ernest, Lieutenant, USN — May 1942 (Posthumous award)
Roan, Charles H., Private First Class, USMCR — September 1944 (Posthumous award)
Roberts, Charles C., Machinist’s Mate First Class, USN — September 1910
Robinson, Robert G., Gunnery Sergeant, USMC — Aviator — October 1918

Rooks, Albert Harold, Captain, USN — February 1942 (Posthumous award)
Rose, George H., Seaman, USN — June 1900
Ross, Donald Kirby, Machinist, USN — December 1941
Rouh, Carlton R., First Lieutenant, USMCR — September 1944
Ruhl, Donald J., Private First Class, USMCR — February 1945 (Posthumous award)
Ryan, Thomas J., Jr., Lieutenant (Junior Grade), USN — September 1923

Schilt, Christian F., First Lieutenant, USMC — Aviator — January 1928
Schmidt, Oscar Jr., Chief Gunner’s Mate, USN — October 1918
Schonland, Herbert E., Commander, USN — November 1942
Schwab, Albert E., Private First Class, USMCR — May 1945 (Posthumous award)
Scott, Norman, Rear Admiral, USN — October & November 1942 (Posthumous award)
Scott, Robert R., Machinist’s Mate First Class, USN — December 1941 (Posthumous award)

Shepard, Louis C., Ordinary Seaman, USN — January 1865
Shoup, David M., Colonel, USMC — November 1943
Sigler, Franklin E., Private, USMCR — March 1945
Skaggs, Luther, Jr., Private First Class, USMC — July 1944
Smith, John L., Major, USMC — Aviator — August - September 1942

Stein, Tony, Corporal, USMCR — February 1945 (Posthumous award)
Stevens, Daniel Dickinson, Quartermaster, USN — January 1865
Stout, Richard, Landsman, USN — January 1863
Street, George L., III, Commander, USN — Submariner — April 1945
Sullivan, Daniel A.J., Ensign, USNRF — May 1918
Swearer, Benjamin, Seaman, USN — August 1861
Swett, James E., First Lieutenant, USMCR — Aviator — April 1943

Talbot, Ralph , Second Lieutenant, USMCR — Aviator — October 1918 (Posthumous award)
Thomas, Herbert J., Sergeant, USMCR — November 1943 (Posthumous award)
Thomason, Clyde A., Sergeant, USMCR — August 1942 (Posthumous award)
Timmerman, Grant F., Sergeant, USMC — July 1944 (Posthumous award)
Tomich, Peter , Chief Watertender, USN — December 1941 (Posthumous award)
Triplett, Samuel S., Ordinary Seaman, USN — July 1898

Upton, Frank M., Quartermaster, USN — April 1918

Van Valkenburgh, Franklin, Captain, USN — December 1941 (Posthumous award)
Van Voorhis, Bruce A., Lieutenant Commander, USN — Aviator — July 1943 (Posthumous award)
Vandegrift, Alexander A., Major General, USMC — August-December 1942
Vantine, Joseph E., First-Class Fireman, USN — March 1863

Wahlen, George E., Pharmacist’s Mate Second Class, USN — March 1945
Walsh, Kenneth A., First Lieutenant, USMC — Aviator — August 1943
Walsh, William G., Gunnery Sergeant, USMCR — February 1945 (Posthumous award)
Ward, James R., Seaman First Class, USN — December 1941 (Posthumous award)
Watson, Wilson D., Private, USMCR — February 1945

Wheeler, George H., Ship Fitter First Class — January 1909
Williams, Hershel W., Corporal, USMCR — February 1945
Williams, Jack, Pharmacist’s Mate Third Class, USNR — March 1945 (Posthumous award)
Willis, George, Coxwain, USN — September 1873
Willis, John H., Pharmacist’s Mate First Class, USN — February 1945 (Posthumous award)
Wilson, Louis H., Jr., Captain, USMC — July 1944
Wilson, Robert L., Private First Class, USMC — August 1944 (Posthumous award)
Witek, Frank P., Private First Class, USMCR — August 1944 (Posthumous award)

Young, Cassin., Commander, USN — December 1941