Robert Eugene Bush

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United States Navy Medal of Honor recipient (1926-2005)

United States Business ProfessionalsLived 1926 to 2005 · aged 79

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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.

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President Truman presenting the Medal of Honor to Robert E. Bush

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2001Four Freedoms Award - Freedom Medal

2001Four Freedoms Award - Freedom from Fear

Medal of Honor

Purple Heart

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Claude PepperAlso won Four Freedoms Award - Freedom Medal

Cristina Jiménez MoretaAlso won Four Freedoms Award - Freedom from Fear

Fred KorematsuAlso won Four Freedoms Award - Freedom Medal

Zdravko GreboAlso won Four Freedoms Award - Freedom from Fear

Russ FeingoldAlso won Four Freedoms Award - Freedom Medal

Jan Herman van Roijen Jr.Also won Four Freedoms Award - Freedom from Fear

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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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