I apologize for my ignorance. Obviously the Medal of Honor is the highest; what's the second-highest?
And sure, Sgt. Place's actions showed valor, but were they really as valorous as backshooting a wounded, loincloth-clad Viet Cong?
Instituted 1919 to a member of the Navy, Marines or Coast Guard for extraordinary heroism in action against an enemy of the United States or while serving with friendly foreign forces