President Biden will honor individuals who displayed extraordinary courage and selflessness in times of war and during rescue operations.
President Joe Biden will recognize several Medal of Honor and Medal of Valor recipients Friday for their acts of selflessness in times of war and their exceptional courage in attempting to save lives. Biden will bestow the Medal of Honor posthumously to six men and one living recipient at a White House ceremony. In a separate Oval Office ceremony closed to the news media, he will award the Medal of Valor to first responders who put their own lives at risk to save others.
Biden will award the Medal of Honor to the following recipients at 5 p.m. ET in the East Room of the White House; Army Pvt. Bruno R. Orig – On Feb. 15, 1951, Orgi was returning from a mission when he found his fellow soldiers under attack in what's now known as the Battle of Chipyong-ni.RELATED: Biden gives 2nd-highest civilian award to Liz Cheney, Jan. 6 congressional panel leadersThe infantryman provided first aid to his comrades wounded in the Korean War attack and began helping move those men to safety. He then took over a machine gun post and allowed a friendly platoon to pull back without a casualty. When the ground was recaptured later that day, Orig was found dead beside the machine gun, surrounded by enemy combatants he had killed.Pfc. Wataru Nakamura – During the Korean War, Nakamura destroyed an enemy machine gun nest and recaptured several bunkers. He exhausted his ammunition but resumed his attack after being rearmed, and he was ultimately killed by an enemy grenade and buried in Los Angeles.Army Cpl. Fred B. McGee – McGee is being recognized for his gallantry and intrepidity near Tang-Wan-Ni, Korea, on June 16, 1952, when he assumed command of his squad, neutralized an enemy machine gun and then sent his squad back while he helped rescue the wounded. The Ohio native died in 2020, according to news reports.Army Pfc. Charles R. Johnson – Johnson, from Millbrook, New York, was killed on June 12, 1953, after holding off Chinese forces during the Korean Wa
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