Japanese-American WWII Vets Awarded Special MedalLaurie Ure CNN
In November 2011, the Military Intelligence Service and two Nisei military units were awarded the Congressional Gold Medal. But due to the secret nature of their heroism, their contributions to the United States are still little known. President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066 ...
were introduced to the House of Representatives and the Senate in May last year to award Chinese American World War II Veterans a Group Congressional Gold Medal, the highest civilian honor in the United States.
His death prompts a campaign among veterans of Red Beach to have General Puller join 9 posthumous Medal of Honor recipients. AANW 20 The Allies held an area that extended nearly 25 miles (40 km) inland in some places (with the deepest penetration being to the outskirts of Hazebrouck...
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The Chinese American World War II Veteran Congressional Gold Medal Act was signed into law by President Donald Trump last year to present the medal, the highest civilian honor in the United States, to Chinese American veterans. The legislation was a result of a CACA-led national campaign known...
Galbraith was one of the few to receive both the World War II Medal of Freedom (1946) and the Presidential Medal of Freedom (2000) for his public service and contributions to science. The government of France made him a Commandeur de la Légion d'honneur. Birthplace: Dunwich Township, ...
Association of Southern California, "Rakkasans" Chapter One and "Rakkasans" Steel Beret Chapter in their campaign and efforts to support and encourage the President of the United States of America and the United States Congress to award Marine Corporal Guy Louis Gabaldon the Congressional Medal of...
Astronaut Hall of Fame in 1990, and received the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2012. Glenn resigned from NASA in January 1964. A member of the Democratic Party, Glenn was first elected to the Senate in 1974 and served for 24 years, until January 1999. In 1998,...
“Now more important than ever, we need to teach the lessons to be learned about the injustices of Executive Order 9066 and the WWII forced removal and mass incarceration of Japanese Americans!”–The Korematsu Institute In 1998, President Bill Clinton awarded Korematsu the Presidential Medal of ...