Ohio Medal of Honor Recipient Ronald E. Rosser is being honored on the Korean War Medal of Honor Prestige Folio. His photo will appear outside the stamps on the stamp sheet.
Following are links to high-resolution images for media use only.
0-0_USPS14STA037.jpg - Medal of Honor: Korean War – Front of stamp sheet (above image)
1-0_USPS14STA037a.jpg - Medal of Honor: Korean War – individual medals of honor images
2-0_USPS14STA037b.jpg - Medal of Honor: Korean War – inside of sheet w/all 145 recipients’ names
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What: |
Korean War Medal of Honor Forever Stamps First-Day-of-Issue Ceremony. |
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Who: |
Korean War Medal of Honor Recipient Thomas Jerome Hudner, Jr. video of Concord, MA |
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When: |
*10:30 a.m., Sat., July 26, 2014 |
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Where: |
Arlington National Cemetery Amphitheatre *Media should remain in their vehicles when arriving at 9:45 a.m. in front of the Visitors Center on Memorial Ave. to obtain credentials prior to following the escort vehicle to the Amphitheater. The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier wreath laying ceremony takes place at 10:45 a.m. followed by the 11 a.m. stamp ceremony in the Amphitheater. Media are asked to email mark.r.saunders@usps.gov to confirm attendance by noon Friday, July 25. |
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Background: |
Only 145 of the 6.8 million members who served in the U.S. Armed Forces during the Korean War were deemed to have met the standard necessary to warrant the Medal of Honor. Two-thirds of the 145 recipients were killed in action while performing the valorous actions that resulted in an award of the Medal of Honor. Click the links below to view their citations as well as videos of them recounting their experiences. Pictured clockwise from top right center are the surviving Korean War Medal of Honor recipients: Hector A. Cafferata, Jr. of Venice, FL; William R. Charette video of Lake Wales, FL (d. 3/18/12); Duane E. Dewey of Irons, MI; video; Rodolfo P. Hernandez video of Fayetteville, NC (d. 12/21/13); Thomas Jerome Hudner, Jr. video of Concord, MA; Einar H. Ingman, Jr. of Irma, WI; Hiroshi H. Miyamura video of Gallup, NM; Ola L. Mize video of Gadsden, AL (d. 3/12/14); Ronald E. Rosser video of Roseville, OH; Tibor Rubin video of Garden Grove, CA; Robert E. Simanek video of Farmington Hills, MI; James L. Stone video of Arlington, TX (d. 11/9/12); and, Ernest E. West video of Wurtland, KY. Sadly, Charette, Hernandez, Mize and Stone died before the stamps could be issued. Their photographs are still included as they were alive at the time of the stamp proposal. |
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