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Robert Henry Stanley (May 2, 1881 – July 15, 1942) was a United States Navy sailor and a recipient of the United States military's highest decoration, the Medal of Honor, for carrying messages under fire during the Boxer Rebellion. ==Early life and military career== Stanley was born Brooklyn, New York May 2, 1881 and enlisted in the Navy aboard the receiving ship , moored at the Brooklyn Navy Yard, on March 28, 1898. Aged sixteen, he served as a landsman and participated in the Spanish–American War, which was declared only a month after his enlistment, and the Philippine–American War which began in 1899.〔 By June 13, 1900, he was serving as a Hospital Apprentice on the in China. The ''Newark'' had been sent to relieve Allied forces fighting in the Boxer Rebellion. On June 13 and again from June 20 to June 22, in Beijing (then known to Americans as "Peking"), he volunteered to carry messages between the American and British legations despite heavy fire.〔〔 For these actions, he was awarded the Medal of Honor a year later, on July 19, 1901.〔 The medal was presented to him aboard the armored cruiser .〔 Nineteen years old at the time he earned the award, Stanley was the youngest Medal of Honor recipient of the Boxer Rebellion.〔 He was also the first member of the U.S. Navy medical community to receive the award. His official citation reads: "For distinguished conduct in the presence of the enemy in volunteering and carrying messages under fire at Peking, China, 12 July 1900."〔 Stanley became a member of the Imperial Order of the Dragon, a fraternal society for veterans of the Boxer Rebellion of all ranks. This organization contrasted with the Military Order of the Dragon whose membership consisted solely of commissioned officers. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Robert H. Stanley」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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