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US Medal of Honor recipient Hiroshi Miyamura dies at 97

FILE - 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. Hiroshi "Hershey" Miyamura, the son of Japanese immigrants who was honored for actions in the Korean War, has died. The Congressional Medal of Honor Society announced that Miyamura died Tuesday, Nov. 29, 2022, at his home in Phoenix. He was 97. (AP Photo/Susan Montoya Bryan, File)

FILE - Medal of Honor recipient Hiroshi Miyamura, a corporal in the U.S. Army during the Korean War, attends the groundbreaking ceremony for the National Medal of Honor Museum on March 25, 2022, in Arlington, Texas. Hiroshi "Hershey" Miyamura, the son of Japanese immigrants has died. The Congressional Medal of Honor Society announced that Miyamura died Tuesday, Nov. 29, 2022, at his home in Phoenix. He was 97. (Amanda McCoy/Star-Telegram via AP, File)

US Medal of Honor recipient Hiroshi Miyamura dies at 97