Obama to Honor Two Korean War GIs With Medal of Honor

Obama to Honor Two Korean War GIs With MoH

April 14, 2011
Stars and Stripes|by Travis J. Tritten
CAMP FOSTER, Okinawa -- Two Soldiers who gave their lives fighting in the Korean War will be posthumously given the nation’s highest military honor by President Obama during a ceremony next month, the White House said Wednesday evening.

Pfc. Anthony Kaho’ohanohano and Pfc. Henry Svehla will be recognized with the Medal of Honor for braving certain death and painful wounds to charge and repel overwhelming enemy forces during the war.

Family members of both Soldiers will attend the May 2 ceremony at the White House to commemorate their “selfless service and sacrifice,” according to a presidential news release.

In September 1951, Kaho’ohanohano was in charge of a machine gun squad near Chopra-Ri, Korea, while assigned to the U.S. Army’s 7th Infantry Division, according to the Army.

“He was 6’1” and he was all muscle and he could hit like a horse kicks. I’ll testify to that,” his younger brother David Kaho’ohanohano, 77, of Hawaii told Stars and Stripes on Thursday.
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Obama to Honor Two Korean War GIs With MoH