New Mexico Dedication

U.S. Army Corporal Hiroshi H. Miyamura was a squad leader along the Imjin River in North Korea when his unit came under attack on April 24, 1951. He fought with bayonet and machine gun, comforted and evacuated the wounded, and covered his company's withdrawal until he was overrun, then spent the next two years as a prisoner of war. President Dwight Eisenhower awarded him the Medal of Honor on Oct. 27, 1953. Twenty-one years later, on Sept. 14, 1974, Miyamura attended the dedication of the New Mexico Area of the Medal of Honor Grove, where an evergreen tree was planted in his honor. At the event, New Mexico First Lady Alice King said it was fitting to memorialize these men in a quiet and peaceful place and expressed hope that their sacrifices would never go unnoticed or unheeded and that the message of their selfless sacrifice would be forever enshrined in people's hearts.

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