A Congressional Silver Medal is a commemorative award authorized by the United States Congress to recognize citizens for noteworthy actions. The medal is then specially minted by the United States Treasury. The first recipient of such a medal was General Charles "Chuck" Yeager in 1976, in recognition of having broken the sound barrier in 1947 in an experimental aircraft called the Bell X1.[1]
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- ^ Special Congressional Silver Medal Citation. National Museum of the United States Air Force. Retrieved on 2007-03-31.
