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Medal of Honor museum

Medal of Honor Museum at Patriots Point

This is a dedicated Medal of Honor museum connected directly to the Congressional Medal of Honor Society and located within a major naval and maritime museum. It offers a complementary perspective to purpose-built land institutions by placing recipient interpretation aboard a preserved warship.

MOH-MUS-000011Evidence reviewed 2026-10-09Open to the public
USS Yorktown at Patriots Point Naval & Maritime Museum in Mount Pleasant, South Carolina
USS Yorktown at Patriots PointMichael.Forman / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 3.0 · CC BY 3.0 ↗ · Source ↗

Historical context

About this institution

The Medal of Honor Museum at Patriots Point is housed aboard the aircraft carrier USS Yorktown in Mount Pleasant, South Carolina. Created in partnership with the Congressional Medal of Honor Society, the museum presents the award through recipient stories, the values associated with their actions, and the history of the Medal of Honor. A redesigned museum reopened in 2024, continuing a long-standing Medal of Honor presence at Patriots Point.

Why it matters to Medal of Honor research

The museum supports research into public remembrance, recipient interpretation, and the relationship between Medal of Honor history and naval heritage sites.

Collection guide

What to look for

The following highlights summarize the strongest verified reasons to include this institution in the archive. They are a planning guide, not a promise that every object is on view at all times.

Dedicated Medal of Honor galleries

Recipient biographies and values-based interpretation

Shipboard museum setting aboard USS Yorktown

Connection to Congressional Medal of Honor Society programs

Verified connections

Medal of Honor relationships

4 total1 original medal

Dedicated Medal of Honor museum

Medal of Honor Museum aboard USS Yorktown

The Congressional Medal of Honor Society documents a dedicated Medal of Honor museum aboard USS Yorktown at Patriots Point, with redesigned galleries reopened in 2024.

Record: USS Yorktown

Verified 2026-10-08 · Permanent

Evidence sources and scope

Institution-level relationship; no claim is made that every named recipient artifact is permanently displayed.

Original Medal of Honor

Dwite H Schaffner

Patriots Point identifies Dwite Schaffner’s Medal of Honor and his American Expeditionary Forces identification among artifacts in its renovated Medal of Honor Museum.

Record: Patriots Point Schaffner medal and American Expeditionary identification

Verified 2026-10-10 · Current, display status not specified

Evidence sources and scope

Direct item provenance is sourced. Physical ownership and regular visitor viewing are separate statements.

Personal artifacts

Robert Dale Maxwell

Patriots Point identifies the wartime Bible and religious texts carried by Medal of Honor recipient Robert Dale Maxwell among its artifacts.

Record: Robert Maxwell personal New Testament and Gospel

Verified 2026-10-10 · Current, display status not specified

Evidence sources and scope

Direct item provenance is sourced. Physical ownership and regular visitor viewing are separate statements.

Personal artifacts

James Phillip Fleming

Patriots Point identifies the aviator gloves and navigational computer used by Vietnam War helicopter pilot and Medal of Honor recipient James P Fleming.

Record: James Fleming aviator gloves and analog navigation computer

Verified 2026-10-10 · Current, display status not specified

Evidence sources and scope

Direct item provenance is sourced. Physical ownership and regular visitor viewing are separate statements.

Collection focus

Historical specialties

Medal of Honor historyrecipient storiesvalues interpretationUSS Yorktown

Service connections

U.S. Army · U.S. Navy · U.S. Marine Corps · U.S. Air Force · U.S. Coast Guard

Conflict connections

U.S. Civil War · World War I · World War II · Korean War · Vietnam War · War on Terrorism (Afghanistan) · War on Terrorism (Iraq)