{"id":73895,"date":"2022-11-30T19:00:16","date_gmt":"2022-11-30T19:00:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/uncategorized\/2022\/11\/30\/us-medal-of-honor-recipient-hiroshi-miyamura-dies-at-97\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T14:40:50","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T14:40:50","slug":"us-medal-of-honor-recipient-hiroshi-miyamura-dies-at-97","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/veterans\/2022\/11\/30\/us-medal-of-honor-recipient-hiroshi-miyamura-dies-at-97\/","title":{"rendered":"US Medal of Honor recipient Hiroshi Miyamura dies at 97"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">PHOENIX, Ariz. \u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/valor.militarytimes.com\/hero\/1362\" target=\"_blank\">Hiroshi \u201cHershey\u201d Miyamura<\/a>, the son of Japanese immigrants who was awarded the U.S. Medal of Honor for holding off an attack to allow an American squad to withdraw during the Korean War, has died.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Congressional Medal of Honor Society announced that Miyamura died Tuesday at his home in Phoenix. He was 97.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/news\/your-military\/2022\/07\/14\/congress-salutes-marine-veteran-the-last-wwii-medal-of-honor-recipient\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"186\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP22195542762149.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Congress salutes Marine veteran, the last WW2 Medal of Honor recipient<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">Only six other private citizens have received the honor: civil rights icon Rosa Parks, the Rev. 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Miyamura was allowed to join the 442nd Infantry Regiment, composed almost entirely of \u201cnisei\u201d \u2014 those born in the U.S. to parents who were Japanese immigrants.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After the war, Miyamura met Terry Tsuchimori, a woman from a family who had been forced to live at the Poston internment camp in southwestern Arizona following the Japanese attack on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/veterans\/2021\/12\/06\/101-year-old-returns-to-pearl-harbor-to-remember-those-lost\/\" target=\"_blank\">Pearl Harbor<\/a>. They married in 1948 and had three children.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"3000\" height=\"2055\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP22334577535207.jpg.jpg\" alt=\"People stand to honor Medal of Honor recipient Hiroshi Miyamura, center, during a Veterans Day ceremony at the New Mexico Veterans Memorial in Albuquerque, N.M., on Nov. 11, 2014.\" class=\"wp-image-107000\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP22334577535207.jpg.jpg 3000w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP22334577535207.jpg.jpg?resize=300,206 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP22334577535207.jpg.jpg?resize=768,526 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP22334577535207.jpg.jpg?resize=1024,701 1024w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP22334577535207.jpg.jpg?resize=1536,1052 1536w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/AP22334577535207.jpg.jpg?resize=2048,1403 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 3000px) 100vw, 3000px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">FILE &#8211; People stand to honor Medal of Honor recipient Hiroshi Miyamura, center, during a Veterans Day ceremony at the New Mexico Veterans Memorial in Albuquerque, N.M., on Nov. 11, 2014. (Susan Montoya Bryan\/AP, File)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Miyamura continued to serve in the Army Reserves and was called into action during the Korean War.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On the night of April 24, 1951, near Taejon-ni, Miyamura\u2019s company came under attack by an invading Chinese force. Miyamura ordered his squad to retreat while he stayed behind and continued to fight, giving his men enough time to evacuate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Miyamura and fellow squad leader Joseph Lawrence Annello, of Castle Rock, Colorado, were captured. Though wounded, Miyamura carried the injured Annello for miles until Chinese soldiers ordered him at gunpoint to leave Annello by the side of a road. Miyamura refused the orders until Annello convinced him to put him down.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Annello was later picked up by another Chinese unit and taken to a POW camp, from which he escaped.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Miyamura was held as a prisoner for two years and four months.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Upon his release, he was presented the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cmohs.org\/recipients\/hiroshi-miyamura\" target=\"_blank\">Medal of Honor<\/a>&nbsp;by President Dwight D. Eisenhower. It had been awarded in secret while he was still a prisoner of war.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI never ever thought I would receive the Medal of Honor for doing my duty, which I thought that\u2019s all I was doing, was my duty,\u201d Miyamura said in the 2018 Netflix documentary \u201cMedal of Honor.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Miyamura and Annello later met up and remained lifelong friends. Annello died in 2018.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After the Korean War, Miyamura returned to Gallup as a hero. More than 5,000 people came to meet his train. He spent much of the rest of his life working in town as an auto mechanic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In his&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cmohs.org\/news-events\/video-library\/miyamura-hiroshi-korean-war-medal-of-honor-recipient\/\" target=\"_blank\">Living History documentary<\/a>&nbsp;in the Congressional Medal of Honor Society library, Miyamura reflected on the soldiers who deserved recognition but never received it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThere are so many Americans who don\u2019t know what the Medal represents or what any soldier or servicewoman or man does for his country. And I believe one of these days \u2014 I hope one of these days \u2014 they will learn of the sacrifices that a lot of the men and women have made for this country,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Miyamura remained active in veterans\u2019 issues and gave annual summer lectures to military members in Gallup, New Mexico. The talks drew hundreds of servicemen and servicewomen over the years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In 2019, an aide announced that Miyamura had likely given his last public talk due to declining health.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham and Navajo Nation Vice President Myron Lizer both called Miyamura a hero, saying he will be missed by many who are forever grateful for his service.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Miyamura is survived by numerous family members. 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