Pawnee and Oklahoma City are the only Oklahoma communities to produce two Medal of Honor recipients (Maj. Kenneth Bailey and Comdr. Ernest Edwin Evans, Pawnee; and S.Sgt. Ruben Rivers and PFC Manuel Perez, Jr., Oklahoma City). Native-born Oklahomans awarded the Medal of Honor include SFC Tony K. Burris of Blanchard, who died on Heartbreak Ridge Hershel W. “Woody” Williams was a 21-year-old Marine Corps corporal when he watched from the bloodied, ashy beaches of Iwo Jima as the Stars and Stripes rose atop Mount Suribachi on Feb. 23, 1945. Daniel Judson Callaghan. For extraordinary heroism and conspicuous intrepidity above and beyond the call of duty during action against enemy Japanese forces off Savo Island on the night of 12 to 13 November 1942. Although outbalanced in strength and numbers by a desperate and determined enemy, Rear Adm. Callaghan, with ingenious tactical skill Died: June 11, 2002, Muskogee, OK, United States. Buried: Fort Gibson National Cemetery (MH) (20-963), Fort Gibson, OK, United States. Location of Medal: Oklahoma Historical Society, Oklahoma City, OK. U.S. Army First Lieutenant Jack Cleveland Montgomery was presented the Medal of Honor for military valor during World War II. For conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of life above and beyond the call of duty in action. On 9 April 1943 in the vicinity of Fondouk, Tunisia, Pvt. Booker, while engaged in action against the enemy, carried a light machine gun and a box of ammunition over 200 yards of open ground. The White House presented to his daughter by President Barack Obama. Born: June 19, 1920, La Morita, Nuevo Leon, Mexico. Died: June 24, 1952, Pharr, TX, United States. Buried: Hillcrest Memorial Park, Edinburg, TX, United States. U.S. Army Private Pedro Cano was posthumously presented the Medal of Honor for military valor during World War II. Top Image: Portrait of Pfc. Sadao S. Munemori. Courtesy of the Congressional Medal of Honor Society. More than 33,000 Japanese Americans served in the US Armed Forces during World War II, with many serving with the 100th Infantry Battalion or the 442nd Regimental Combat Team. All who were part of these units served under the motto “Go For The Snatch Blatch/The City of Los Angeles B-29 crew gathers with Maj. Gen. Willis Hale to honor the terribly burned Staff Sergeant Henry E. “Red” Erwin. There, just one week after his B-29 had nearly burned up from the inside, Erwin was rolled out in a stretcher. He was wrapped entirely in white with slits for his eyes and mouth. uyjCL.

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