Cardenas Medal of Honor

Cardenas Medal of Honor

The Cardenas Medal of Honor was a decoration of the Revenue Cutter Service which was established by an act of Congress in the year 1900. The decoration recognizes the crew of the Revenue Cutter "Hudson", who showed gallantry in action during the Spanish-American War.

The citation awarding the medal is listed as follows:

"Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That in recognition of the gallantry of First Lieutenant Frank H. Newcomb, of the Revenue-Cutter Service, commanding the revenue cutter Hudson, his officers and the men of his command, for their intrepid and heroic gallantry in the action at Cardenas, Cuba, on the eleventh day of May, eighteen hundred and ninety-eight, when the Hudson rescued the United States naval torpedo boat Winslow in the face of a most galling fire from the enemy's guns, the Winslow being disabled, her captain wounded, her only other officer and half her crew killed. The commander of the Hudson kept his vessel in the very center of the hottest fire of the action, although in constant danger of going ashore on account of the shallow water, until finally he got a line made fast to the Winslow and towed that vessel out of range of the enemy's guns. In commemoration of this signal act of heroism it is hereby enacted that the Secretary of the Treasury be authorized and directed to cause to be prepared and to present to First Lieutenant Frank H. Newcomb, Revenue-Cutter Service, a gold medal, and to each of his officers a silver medal, and to each member of his crew a bronze medal."

The Cardenas Medal of Honor was originally considered a commemorative decoration and was not listed on the precedence charts for U.S. military awards. With the founding of the United States Coast Guard, however, the medal was authorized for wear on active duty Coast Guard uniforms and thus became an unofficial decoration of the United States military.

Despite the similarity in name, the Cardenas Medal of Honor is not connected to the Medal of Honor.


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