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[[File:Medal of Honor (U.S. Naval Service variant).gif|right|thumb|The US Medal of Honor, precursor to the UNSC's Legion of Honor]]
[[File:Medal of Honor (U.S. Naval Service variant).gif|right|thumb|The US Medal of Honor, precursor to the UNSC's Legion of Honor]]
*[[Fleet Admiral]] [[Terrence Hood|Lord Terrence Hood]] <ref>'''''[[Halo 2]]''''', campaign level ''[[Cairo Station (level)|Cairo Station]]''</ref>
*[[Fleet Admiral]] [[Terrence Hood|Lord Terrence Hood]] <ref>'''''[[Halo 2]]''''', campaign level ''[[Cairo Station (level)|Cairo Station]]''</ref>
*Captain [[Annabelle Richards]] <ref name="hitd300">'''Halo: Hunters in the Dark''', ''page 300'' (Google Play edition)</ref>
*[[Captain (Navy)|Captain]] [[Jacob Keyes]] <ref>'''''[[Halo: Combat Evolved]]''''', campaign level ''[[The Pillar of Autumn (Halo: Combat Evolved level)|Pillar of Autumn]]''</ref>
*[[Captain (Navy)|Captain]] [[Jacob Keyes]] <ref>'''''[[Halo: Combat Evolved]]''''', campaign level ''[[The Pillar of Autumn (Halo: Combat Evolved level)|Pillar of Autumn]]''</ref>
*[[Commander]] [[Miranda Keyes]] (posthumous) <ref name="halo">'''''[[Halo 3]]''''', campaign level ''[[Halo (Halo 3 Level)|Halo]]''</ref>
*[[Commander]] [[Miranda Keyes]] (posthumous) <ref name="halo">'''''[[Halo 3]]''''', campaign level ''[[Halo (Halo 3 Level)|Halo]]''</ref>
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*''[[Halo 2 Anniversary]]''
*''[[Halo 2 Anniversary]]''
*''[[Hunt the Truth]]''
*''[[Hunt the Truth]]''
*''[[Halo: Hunters in the Dark]]''


==Sources==
==Sources==

Revision as of 19:31, June 23, 2015

The Legion of Honor is an accolade awarded to United Nations Space Command personnel for selfless acts of heroism or daring in combat. The medal is one of the highest honors a member of the Army, the Navy, the Marine Corps, or the Air Force can receive. The Legion is nearly identical to the Medal of Honor used by the former United States Armed Forces.[1][2]

History

After his leap of tactical insight during the Callisto Incident of 2494, Central Command dithered over whether to award then-Ensign Preston Cole the Legion of Honor, or to have him court-martialed for a breach of protocol and abuse of Common Space Law. Ultimately they did neither to avoid setting precedent.[3]

Spartan John-117 had earned the medal as of July 2552. He was awarded the Legion for diving into a bunker full of Covenant soldiers, single-handedly defeating them, and ultimately saving a platoon of Marines from a nearby Shade turret.[4]

Recipients

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The US Medal of Honor, precursor to the UNSC's Legion of Honor

List of appearances

Sources

  1. ^ Halo 2 and Halo 3, Lord Hood character model
  2. ^ a b c Halo 3, campaign level Halo
  3. ^ Halo: Evolutions, "The Impossible Life and the Possible Death of Preston J. Cole", pages 446
  4. ^ a b Halo: The Fall of Reach, page 236
  5. ^ Halo 2, campaign level Cairo Station
  6. ^ Halo: Hunters in the Dark, page 300 (Google Play edition)
  7. ^ Halo: Combat Evolved, campaign level Pillar of Autumn
  8. ^ Halo: The Fall of Reach, page 95