List of Medal of Honor recipients for World War II

Columns: Name | Service | Rank | Place of action | Date of action | Notes
William J. O'Brien † | Army | Lieutenant Colonel | Saipan , Marianas Islands | June 20 , 1944 - July 7 , 1944 | Joseph T. O'Callahan | Navy | Lieutenant Commander | near Kobe , Japan | March 19 , 1945 | Chaplain aboard aircraft carrier USS Franklin | Carlos C. Ogden | Army | First Lieutenant | near Fort du Roule , France | June 25 , 1944 | Edward H. O'Hare | Navy | Lieutenant | off Papua New Guinea | February 20 , 1942 | O'Hare International Airport in Chicago was named in his memory | Allan M. Ohata † | Army | Sergeant | near Cerasuolo , Italy | November 29 , 1943 - November 30 , 1943 | One of 22 Asian American soldiers who received their medals in 2000 , after a study revealed discrimination that caused them to be overlooked at the time | Richard H. O'Kane | Navy | Commander | Philippines | October 23 , 1944 - October 24 , 1944 | For submarine operations as commanding officer of the U.S.S . Tang operating against two enemy Japanese convoys . Maneuvering on the surface into the midst of a heavily escorted convoy , O'Kane landed hits on three tankers , swung his ship to fire at a freighter and shot out of the path of an onrushing transport . Boxed in by blazing tankers , a freighter , transport , and several destroyers , he blasted two of the targets and cleared the area . Twenty-four hours later , he made contact with another heavily escorted convoy . In the midst of relentless enemy fire , he sent two torpedoes into the first and second transports and an adjacent tanker . He charged the enemy at high speed , exploding the tanker in a burst of flame , smashing the transport dead in the water , and blasting the destroyer . He fired his last two torpedoes at the remnants of the convoy before the second torpedo malfunctioned , performing a circular run and hitting the Tang in the stern . O'Kane along with eight officers survived the sinking . He remained a Japanese prisoner-of-war until 1945 | James K. Okubo † | Army | Technician Fifth Grade | Foret Domaniale de Champ , near Biffontaine , France | October 28 , 1944 - October 29 , 1944 and November 4 , 1944 | One of 22 Asian American soldiers who received their medals in 2000 , after a study revealed discrimination that caused them to be overlooked at the time | Yukio Okutsu | Army | Technical Sergeant | on Mount Belvedere , Italy | April 7 , 1945 | One of 22 Asian American soldiers who received their medals in 2000 , after a study revealed discrimination that caused them to be overlooked at the time

Example questions:
Which of the people with initial O that received the Medal of Honor for actions in 1945 was born at an earlier date ? | How many enemy bombers did the earliest Medal of Honor recipient with initial O shoot down ? | What was the middle name of the last person with initial O from the marines to receive the Medal of Honor ? | What was the full name of the sergeant with initial O that was born at the latest date and received the Medal of Honor ? | In what month did the last person with initial O to receive the Medal of Honor die ?

Answers:
Joseph Timothy O'Callahan | five | William | Robert Allen Owens | August