Recipients Of The Medal Of Honor In Pictures II

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President Harry Truman congratulating Lieutenant Donald Gary after Gary received the Medal of Honor the White House Washington DC United States 23 January 1946. Citation: For conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty as an Engineering Officer attached to the U.S.S. Franklin when that vessel was fiercely attacked by enemy aircraft during the operations against the Japanese Home Islands near Kobe Japan March 19 1945.