The Medal of Honor, from a is presented to Army Staff Sergeant Robert J. Miller during an East Room ceremony October 6, 2010 at the White House in Washington, DC. Staff Sergeant Miller, a Harrisburg, Pennsylvania native who was assigned to 3rd Battalion, 3rd Special Forces Group (Airborne), based out of Fort Bragg, North Carolina, was presented with the medal posthumously for his heroic actions to save the lives of his fellow soldiers and 15 Afghan National Army soldiers in Afghanistan on January 25, 2008. (credit: Alex Wong/Getty Images) The Medal of Honor, shown at a 2010 ceremony. (credit: Alex Wong/Getty Images)
COSTA MESA (CBSLA.com) — The US Postal Service has issued a World War II Medal of Honor stamp.
The West Coast unveiling of the stamp, which depicts the Army and Navy Medals of Honor surrounded by pictures of 12 of the medals’ recipients, took place at the Orange County Fairgrounds in Costa Mesa.
One of the Medal of Honor recipients depicted in the stamp is World War II veteran Walter Ehlers, 92, of Buena Park.
“Well we think it’s just a delightful tribute to the Medal of Honor recipients,” said Ehlers’ daughter, Cathy Metcalf. “We’re losing them so rapidly. When this project started, there were 12 surviving Medal of Honor recipients from World War II. As of a week ago, last Monday, we are down to only eight.”