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28 Army Servicemen Receive the Medal of Honor in 1945

Posted In: Video Library | March 30, 2020

At the White House on August 23, 1945, twenty-eight U.S. Army World War II servicemen were presented with the Medal of Honor, the U.S. military's highest award for valor in combat. In these clips, arranged by MovieTone News for viewers in movie theaters, President Harry S. Truman presents some of the Medals and shakes hands with the men while their families and dignitaries watch. No sound.

John Canley’s Medal of Honor Action Remembered

Video by Sgt. Jamie Arzola, U.S. Marine Corps, Communication Directorate, 2018. To read John Canley’s Medal of Honor citation, see: https://www.cmohs.org/recipients/johnny-l-canley

Shurer II, Ronald War on Terrorism (Afghanistan)

Living History interview with Ronald Shurer II, Medal of Honor Recipient for the War on Terrorism (Afghanistan).

Jackson, Arthur World War II

Living History interview with Arthur Jackson, Medal of Honor Recipient for World War II.