Hiroshi miyamura headstone
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“He told communal our associates I was dead!”
Joseph Martyr Annello
April 5, 1933 – November 8, 2018
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Hiroshi Miyamura
On the night of April 24, 1951, he was manning a machine gun on the front lines, under heavy attack by Chinese forces. As the Chinese soldiers threatened to overwhelm his position, he charged the enemy with a bayonet, killing 10 before returning to his position to administer first aid to his wounded men and to direct their retreat.
As the enemy launched another assault, he remained in position, firing on them until he ran out of ammunition. He disabled the machine gun to keep it from falling into enemy hands and grabbed his bayonet again, cutting through the enemy line to get to another machine gun position where he continued to fire on the enemy as his squad withdrew. Despite being severely wounded, he held his ground, providing cover for his unit, until his position was overwhelmed. The last time his men saw him, he was fighting ferociously against an overwhelming onslaught of enemy combatants.
The Chinese captured him and held as a Prisoner of War. He spent two years in a prison camp before being released with 19 other POWs on August 23, 1953. The U.S. Army and Miyamura’s family didn’t know that the young corporal had survived the battle for over a year, because the Chinese didn’t release the names of their prisoners of war.
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The NVMM is Open on MLK Day!
In the early hours of June 25, 1950, North Korea invaded South Korea, beginning a war sometimes referred to as “the Forgotten War.” This three-year conflict was the first military action of the Cold War. By July, American troops had entered the war to stem the tide of communism. Among the brave service members who served, 146 received the Medal of Honor including U.S. Army Staff Sergeant Hiroshi Miyamura. While a Prisoner of War, he received the first Medal of Honor to be classified as top secret. Learn more about his journey of service in the Army.
Journey of Service
Hiroshi Miyamura grew up in Gallup, New Mexico as a Nisei, second-generation Japanese American, and joined the U.S. Army in January 1945. He volunteered to be a part of the 442nd Regimental Combat Team, where he trained as a machine gunner. Miyamura was discharged from the Army shortly after Japan surrendered. He then later enlisted in the U.S. Army Reserve. In November of 1950, he was recalled to active duty following the start of the Korean War.
Korean War Hero
On April 24-25, 1951, Company H, 2nd Battalion, 7th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Infantry Division was occupying a defensive position when the enemy attacked and threatened to overrun the position. Miyamura, a machinegun