President Dwight D Eisenhower awards Medals of Honor for heroism in the Korean War at a ceremony in front of the White House. Citation is read by a Naval Officer as Sgt David B Bleak of the Army medical Service, 223rd Infantry Regiment, United States Army stands by the President. President Eisenhower awards him the Medal of Honor and congratulates him. Also seen in the clip (already having received the Medal of Honor earlier in the ceremony) are 1st Lieutenant James Lamar Stone, 2nd Lieutenant Raymond G. Murphy (barely visible), and Sergeant Hiroshi H. Miyamura (the second Japanese American to have received the Medal of Honor).
President Dwight D Eisenhower awards Medals of Honor for heroism in the Korean War at a ceremony in front of the White House. Citations are read by a Naval Officer. Sgt Alford Lee McLaughlin, United States Marine Corps, stands by the President. President Eisenhower awards him the Medal of Honor and congratulates him. Secretary of Defense, Charles E Wilson and others watch. Private First Class, Robert Ernest Simanek, 2nd Batallion 5th Marine, United States Marine Corps (retired) stands near the President. Naval officer reads the citation. Lt George H O'Brien Jr., United States Marine Corps stands near the President. Naval officer reads the citation. The President awards him the medal and congratulates him. Lt Raymond G Murhpy, United States Marine Corps, is awarded the medal.
President Dwight D Eisenhower awards Medals of Honor for heroism in the Korean War at a ceremony in front of the White House. After presentation the President speaks of the gratitude of the nation, and says he hopes there will be no need for any more battle citations. Relatives of awardees and spectators. The awardees on stage: Sgt Hiroshi Miyamura, USA; Lt James L Stone, USA; Sgt David B Bleak, USA; Sgt Alford Lee McLaughlin, USMC; Private Robert Ernest Simanek, USMC (retired); Lt George H O'Brien Jr, USMC; Lt Raymond G Murhpy, USMC. Secretary of Defense, Charles E Wilson and others watch. The President poses with the awardees for the press.
U.S. soldiers advance at Old Baldy, one of the strategic points on the invasion route to Seoul. Explosions on hills. Smoke from artillery fire. Soldiers behind barricades. Soldiers on tanks advance. Military vehicles stuck in muddy roads. Soldiers try to pull them out with the help of other vehicles. Military convoy on the road. Soldiers take a Chinese prisoner. U.S. soldiers eat and drink. Explosions on hills.
U.S. soldiers at the 40th Infantry Division area in Seoul. On return from R&R (Rest and Relaxation) in Japan, Sergeant Tubb and Private First Calss (Pfc) Hill walk up a steep hill to their sandbagged Command Post. They are greeted by a Sergeant who walks up from the CP and gives them armored vests. They are joined by three buddies. Hill and Tubbs present the Sergeant with a cap and parasol.
U.S. soldiers at the 40th Infantry Division area in Seoul. On return from R&R (Rest and Relaxation) in Japan, Sergeant Tubb and Private First Calss (Pfc) Hill show their comrades snapshots. They walk past a mail box to the supply bunker. Sign on bunker reads: 'From Here On You Earn Your $45.00'.
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