I want to talk about the men who wear this medal, the men who never came home to wear it, and the gravity of putting that blue-and-white star on your skin.
The Medal of Honor is the United States military’s highest and most prestigious decoration. Awarded for "conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of life above and beyond the call of duty," it is a symbol that carries immense weight.
Let’s look at the other side. Do actual Medal of Honor recipients get tattoos of their own medal?
Get a Medal of Honor tattoo if you are willing to become a walking history lesson. Get it if you are ready to explain, for the rest of your life, exactly which act of courage you are honoring. Get it if you are prepared for the awkwardness, the stolen valor accusations, and the occasional fistfight in a VFW parking lot.