Medal Of Honor Recipients Are Looking For Citizen Heroes

The following is from The Congressional Medal Of Honor Foundation.

The Congressional Medal of Honor Society and Foundation are looking for citizen heroes for the Citizen Service Before Self Honors, which recognizes and honors those ordinary Americans who have clearly demonstrated a series of selfless acts. Nominations close in one month, Friday February 18, 2011. Citizens may submit an eligible nominee by completing the nomination form online via the Citizen Service Before Self Honors website.

Citizen Service Before Honors are unique, because they are presented to unsung heroes by our nation's most honored heroes ( the fewer than 90 living recipients of our nation's highest award for valor) the Medal of Honor. The recipients comprise the Congressionally chartered Medal of Honor Society, which is one of the most exclusive societies.

Citizen Service Before Self Honors recipients represent the values of courage, sacrifice and selfless service. Medal of Honor recipients encourage individuals to nominate any United States civilian who become extraordinary through their indomitable courage and selflessness. The nominee's actions must epitomize the concept of "service before self" and must be performed "above and beyond" one's professional area of responsibility or conduct.