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Medal of Honor Recipients

Retired Medal of Honor recipients pose together before an awards ceremony held in the hangar bay aboard the USS Midway Museum, May 25, 2008. The men received the Midway American Patriot Award and the National World War II Museum's American Spirit Award during a black-tie gala. From top left: Marine Corps Cpl. Hershel Woodrow 'Woody' Williams, Army 1st Lt. Vernon J. Baker, Army Staff Sgt. Walter D. Ehlers and Army 1st Lt. Charles P. Murray Jr. From bottom left: Army Col. Van T. Barfoot, Navy Lt. John Finn and Marine Corps Pfc. Arthur J. Jackson.

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