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Medal of Honor Recipient

Pierpont Morgan Hamilton

U.S. Army Air Corps · World War II

MOH-RC-000140Source-based record

The award

Representative medal image: 1904 Army design, early suspension ribbon. Not a portrait or a photograph of this recipient’s own medal.
Army Medal of HonorRecorded presentation: 1943

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Medal of Honor

1942-11-08

near Port Lyautey, French Morocco

Rank at action
Major
Service
U.S. Army Air Corps
Conflict
World War II
Unit or command
Western Task Force
Presentation date
January 23, 1943

The Citation

Sources ↓
For conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity in action above and beyond the call of duty. On 8 November 1942, near Port Lyautey, French Morocco, Lt. Col. Hamilton volunteered to accompany Col. Demas Craw on a dangerous mission to the French commander, designed to bring about a cessation of hostilities. Driven away from the mouth of the Sebou River by heavy shelling from all sides, the landing boat was finally beached at Mehdia Plage despite continuous machinegun fire from 3 low-flying hostile planes. Driven in a light truck toward French headquarters, this courageous mission encountered intermittent firing, and as it neared Port Lyautey a heavy burst of machinegun fire was delivered upon the truck from pointblank range, killing Col. Craw instantly. Although captured immediately, after this incident, Lt. Col. Hamilton completed the mission.

Sources & record notes

General Order comparison: pending. Current-profile review does not mean that the underlying original order has been examined.

  1. Pierpont Morgan Hamilton — current recipient profile ↗Congressional Medal of Honor Society · Checked 2026-08-25

    current identity, service, rank, unit, action metadata, and recipient-profile citation match

Transcription, metadata & provenance notes
Award ID
MOH-AW-000143
Transcription status
Legacy full text · current reference profile matched
Last source check
2026-08-25
Recorded order reference (not verified against the original)
4
Entered service at
New York, N.Y.
Archive transcription SHA-256
a8b864ee278f3ed106946f06cafde295946929dbd7c2d771deb76036ddb16827

Legacy transcription retained without substantive editing; current rendered profile variants documented in the Phase 10 evidence snapshot.

The current profile resolves the service to U.S. Army Air Corps, identifies the Western Task Force, and uses the historical Port Lyautey wording for modern Kenitra. Its structured rank field says Major while the citation narrative says Lieutenant Colonel; both source wordings are preserved and no silent rank rewrite is made. Legacy full citation text and row provenance retained; General Order comparison remains pending.

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