The Medal of Honor game you’re probably thinking of is Medal of Honor: Frontline. It opens with the D-Day landing on Omaha Beach and includes a famous early mission sequence centered on an Allied ship and the assault on the coast.

Why this is likely the one

  • Frontline is the best-known Medal of Honor title with a strong opening tied to a naval assault and beach landing.
  • If you meant a game that literally begins aboard a ship before heading into combat, Medal of Honor: Rising Sun is another possible match, since it’s an early-2000s entry often remembered for its cinematic opening sequences.

Quick distinction

  • Medal of Honor: Frontline : WWII, Europe, D-Day focus, iconic opening mission.
  • Medal of Honor: Rising Sun : Pacific theater, more likely to be remembered for shipboard/sea-related early moments.

If you’re thinking of the one where you start on a ship deck or transport vessel , it’s more likely Rising Sun than Frontline.