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-The '''Legion of Honor''' is an accolade awarded to [[United Nations Space Command Defense Force|UNSC Defense Force]] personnel for selfless acts of heroism or daring in combat. The medal is usually awarded in a ceremony and is one of the highest honors a soldier, sailor, Marine, or airman can receive.
+The '''Legion of Honor''' is an accolade awarded to [[UNSC Defense Force]] personnel for selfless acts of heroism or daring in combat. The medal is usually awarded in a ceremony and is one of the highest honors a [[UNSC Army|soldier]], [[UNSC Navy|sailor]], [[UNSC Marine Corps|Marine]], or [[UNSC Air Force|airman]] can receive.
 ==History==
-After his leap of tactical insight during the [[Callisto Incident|''Callisto'' Incident]] of [[2494]], [[Central Command]] dithered over whether to award then-[[Preston Jeremiah Cole|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.<ref>'''Halo: Evolutions - Essential Tales of the Halo Universe''', ''The Impossible Life and the Possible Death of Preston J. Cole'', pages 446</ref>
+After his leap of tactical insight during the [[Callisto Incident|''Callisto'' Incident]] of [[2494]], [[Central Command]] dithered over whether to award then-[[Preston Jeremiah Cole|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.<ref>'''Halo: Evolutions - Essential Tales of the Halo Universe''', ''"The Impossible Life and the Possible Death of Preston J. Cole"'', ''pages 446''</ref>
-[[John-117|MCPO John-117]] earned this award by diving into a bunker full of [[Covenant Empire|Covenant]] soldiers, single-handedly defeated them, and ultimately saving a [[platoon]] of Marines from a [[Type-26 Anti-Infantry Stationary Gun|Shade]] prior to [[2552]].<ref>'''[[Halo: The Fall of Reach]]''', ''page 236''</ref>
+[[John-117|MCPO John-117]] earned this award by diving into a bunker full of [[Covenant Empire|Covenant]] soldiers, single-handedly defeated them, and ultimately saving a [[platoon]] of Marines from a [[Type-26 Anti-Infantry Stationary Gun|Shade]] prior to [[2552]].<ref name="tfor236">'''[[Halo: The Fall of Reach]]''', ''page 236''</ref>
 ==Recipients==
-*[[Fleet Admiral]] [[Terrence Hood|Lord Terrence Hood]] <ref>'''''[[Halo 2]]''''' — ''[[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 (Navy)|Captain]] [[Jacob Keyes]] <ref>'''''[[Halo: Combat Evolved]]''''' — ''[[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>'''''[[Halo 3]]''''' — ''[[Halo (Halo 3 level)|Halo]]''</ref>
+*[[Commander]] [[Miranda Keyes]] (posthumous) <ref name="halo">'''''[[Halo 3]]''''', campaign level ''[[Halo (Halo 3 Level)|Halo]]''</ref>
-*[[Master Chief Petty Officer]] [[John-117]]<ref>'''[[Halo: The Fall of Reach]]''', ''page 236''</ref>
+*[[Master Chief Petty Officer]] [[John-117]]<ref name="tfor236"/>
-*[[Sergeant Major]] [[Avery J. Johnson]] <ref>'''''[[Halo 3]]''''' — ''[[Halo (Halo 3 Level)|Halo]]''</ref>
+*[[Sergeant Major]] [[Avery J. Johnson]] <ref name="halo"/>
-*[[Chief Petty Officer]] [[Franklin Mendez]]
+*[[Chief Petty Officer]] [[Franklin Mendez]] <ref>'''Halo: The Fall of Reach''', ''page 95''</ref>
 *[[Corporal]] [[James Dessen]]
 ==Trivia==
-*The Legion of Honor's appearance is likened to that of the [[Wikipedia:Medal of Honor|Medal of Honor]] used by the [[United States of America|United States Armed Forces]] from its creation during the [[Wikipedia:American Civil War|American Civil War]] until the unification of [[Earth]]. Currently, only the Navy version, awarded to personnel of the U.S. Navy, U.S. Marine Corps, and U.S. Coast Guard, has been seen in the ''Halo'' universe.
+The Legion of Honor's appearance is likened to that of the [[Wikipedia:Medal of Honor|Medal of Honor]] used by the [[United States of America|United States Armed Forces]] from its creation during the [[Wikipedia:American Civil War|American Civil War]] until the unification of [[Earth]]. Currently, only the Navy version, awarded to personnel of the U.S. Navy, U.S. Marine Corps, and U.S. Coast Guard, has been seen in the ''Halo'' universe.
 ==Sources==