01-31-2011, 04:55 PM
Medal of Honor Recipient Barney Hajiro Dies
January 25, 2011
Honolulu Advertiser
The nation's oldest living recipient of the Medal of Honor, Barney Hajiro, died Friday at Maunalani Hospital in Honolulu.
He was 94.
Hajiro had been awarded three Distinguished Service Crosses by the Army while serving with a rifle company in the 442 Regimental Combat Team during World War II in Europe.
http://www.military.com/news/article/medal-of-honor-recipient-barney-hajiro-dies.html?ESRC=dod.nl
http://www.cmohs.org/recipient-detail/2766/hajiro-barney-f.php