do medal of honor recipients wear the medal of honor all the time

Finally, that October, she was given a commission as acting assistant surgeon, the first female physician in the U.S. Walker was captured by the Confederate Army in April 1864 and held for a few months at Castle Thunder prison near Richmond, Va. When she was rejected, she volunteered as a surgeon and served in that capacity for various units through the war years, continually agitating for a commission. She graduated from the Syracuse Medical College, and at the outbreak of the Civil War traveled to Washington with the intention of joining the Army as a medical officer. Her name was Mary Edwards Walker, and she was a doctor at a time when female physicians were rare. In all of American history, only one woman has been awarded the Medal of Honor - and Congress tried to take it back. The author of the books All Facts Considered and Learn Something New Every Day: 365 Facts to Fulfill Your Life, she shares her adventures from the reference desk in this series called Kee Facts. NPR librarian Kee Malesky has been dubbed ' the source of all human knowledge ' by NPR's Scott Simon.

Do medal of honor recipients wear the medal of honor all the time