US Medal of Honor Recipient Hiroshi Miyamura Dies at 97

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 in Arlington, Texas, on March 25, 2022. Amanda McCoy/Star-Telegram via AP

PHOENIX, Ariz.—Hiroshi “Hershey” Miyamura, 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.

The Congressional Medal of Honor Society announced that Miyamura died Tuesday at his home in Phoenix. He was 97.