thank you. i also want to recognize jack s suza, his teammate still recovering from recent severe injury. jack, thank you for your noble service. thank you very much. we appreciate it. thank you. thank you, jack. appreciate it. [ applause ] looks like you re doing well, doing well. thank you, jack. finally, we salute the five congressional medal of honor recipients that join us. woody williams, harvey barnum, edward byers, byron thacker, britt slovinski. please stand. [ applause ] brave people. three months ago i awarded the
discrimination was also found. all are now being recognized. i had heard rumors to the fact that there were certain people who people thought should have received the medal of honor. retired marine and vietnam vet harvey barnum received his medical of honor in 1967. his unit also under intense fire with complete disregard for his safety, he moved to save others. now he has just one message for the vietnam survivors. i look forward to putting my arms around them and calling them brothers, say welcome home. reporter: two other living vietnam veterans will receive the medal. radio operator santiago arravilla was under fire all day on may 21st, 1969. in total peril, he assaulted a line of enemy bunkers, throwing hand grenades and firing his m-16. he came home to work for the
many who served in world war ii, korea and vietnam. only morris and two other vietnam veterans are still living. in 2002, congress ordered review of jewish and hispanic veterans war records to find out who may have suffered discrimination and not been awarded the honors they deserve. potential african-american discrimination was also found. all are now being recognized. i had heard rumors to the fact that there were certain people who people thought should have received the medal of honor. reporter: retired marine and vietnam vet harvey barnum received his medal in 1967. his unit under fire. he moved to save others. now he has just one message for the vietnam survivors. i look forward to putting my
vietnam. only morris and two other vietnam veterans are still living. in 2002, congress ordered a review of jewish and hispanic veterans war records to find out who may have suffered is discrimination and not been awarded the honors they deserved. potential african-american discrimination was also found. all are now being recognized. i d heard rumors to the fact that there were certain people who people thought should have received a medal of honor. reporter: retired marine and vietnam vet harvey barnum received his medal of honor in 1967. his unit also under intense fire with complete disregard for his safety, he moved to save others. now, he has just one message for the vietnam survivors. i look forward to putting my arms around them and calling them brother and saying welcome