Medal for Merit
The Medal for Merit was, during the period it was awarded, the highest civilian decoration of the United States, awarded by the President of the United States to civilians for "exceptionally meritorious conduct in the performance of outstanding services ... since the proclamation of an emergency by the President on September 8, 1939".
Albert H. Taylor
Charles Allen Thomas
Enrico Fermi
Eugene Wigner
Franklin D'Olier
G. Edward Buxton Jr.
George Kistiakowsky
Herbert E. Ives
James Bryant Conant
John Garand
John R. Dunning
John von Neumann
Joseph W. Kennedy
Louis A. Johnson
Luis Walter Alvarez
Robert Andrews Millikan
Samuel King Allison
Vannevar Bush
William F. Durand
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Medal for Merit
The Medal for Merit was, during the period it was awarded, the highest civilian decoration of the United States, awarded by the President of the United States to civilians for "exceptionally meritorious conduct in the performance of outstanding services ... since the proclamation of an emergency by the President on September 8, 1939".
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A Medalha Presidencial por Mér ...... r conduta meritória relevante.
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Die Medal for Merit (englisch; ...... aille des Kongresses abgelöst.
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The Medal for Merit was, durin ...... esident on September 8, 1939".
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Obverse and reverse of the Medal for Merit
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Civilians of the United states and allied nations
established
1942-07-20
first award
1944-03-28
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Medal for Merit
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No longer awarded
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single grade decoration
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A Medalha Presidencial por Mér ...... r conduta meritória relevante.
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Die Medal for Merit (englisch; ...... aille des Kongresses abgelöst.
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The Medal for Merit was, durin ...... esident on September 8, 1939".
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Medal for Merit
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Medal for Merit
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Medalha Presidencial por Mérito
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