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On the recordDecember 4, 1964
This Medal of Honor awarded in the name of the Congress is the first such honor to be bestowed upon an American military man for conspicuous gallantry above and beyond the call of duty in our present efforts in the Republic of Viet-Nam.
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Lyndon Johnson
Democratic · Texas

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Remarks at the Presentation of the Medal of Honor to Capt. Roger H. C. Donlon, USA.

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