One does NOT WIN the Medal of Honor, it is awarded to soldiers for actions in combat. The military does not hold competitions for soldiers to ‘win’ their awards. The military chain of command recommends specific soldiers to receive the Medal of Honor because of their actions, very often at the cost of their lives.
Gen. Patton was never recommended to receive the Medal of Honor.
Since we are going to be a bit prissy about the word ‘win’, which is awful close to ‘award’ and ‘earn’, I’ll point out that PART of why you might be recommended is politics, which shouldn’t matter with an award like this.
There are many who have ‘earned’ this award, who have never been recommended, and thus will never have it awarded to them.
The lie behind medals is that it is meager compensation for having to do the bulk of the dangerous work in our little experiment. The men do the lion’s share of the dying. For this, they get a worthless bit of ribbon with a piece of medal attached.
I await the day there is true equality among the sexes. It won’t be pretty.