Medal of Freedom

The American Medal of Freedom is considered to be the civilian equivalent of the Congressional Medal of Honor. It was instituted to honour civilians who made a specially meritious contribution to the security or national interests of the United States, the world peace, cultural or other significant public or private endeavours.
It was instituted in 1945 by President Truman to honour those civilians that contributed to the US efforts in World War Two

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Name	Date of birth	Date of death	Awards
Baars, Arnold
Bateman, Alfred David	17-07-1893
Beelen, Matheus H.L.	13-04-1919
Bent, van den, Jacob	16-01-1924
Berg, van den, Jannis	26-07-1917
Bergmans, Alphonse	11-01-1899
Bergmans, Louis F.J.	19-06-1923
Bergsma, Hillegonda (Hilda)
Bode, Jan	19-12-1912
Brink, van den, Wouter	22-05-1914
Brouard, Alice	00-00-1904
Brutel de la Rivière, Jean J.
Bruyn, de, Fredericus Arnoldus Franciscus	04-10-1920
Bouman, Martinus Antonius Marie	05-05-1899	02-05-1943
Bent, van den, Simon	22-09-1919	10-10-1944
Bongaerts, Charles Marie Hubert Joseph	07-08-1909	23-11-1944
Beernink, Hendrikus Dirk Jan	03-02-1910	08-02-1945
Bakker, Dionisius Dirk	01-10-1879	02-03-1945
Bois, du, Abraham	12-04-1916	08-03-1945
Born, van den, Marinus Alydus	10-09-1922	08-03-1945
Bartels, Michel C.M.H.	29-03-1902	10-06-1979
Betbèze, Antonin Alexis Jean	06-09-1910	02-02-1993	more
Bensen, Guillaume Hubert	02-09-1911	05-03-1998
Buckley, Denys Burton	06-02-1906	13-09-1998
Brugge, van der, Dirk L.	21-06-1922	17-12-2003	more

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