hagermaster, james e. williams, gerald o. young, richard a. pittman. they will place their names now in a new hall of heroes, created here in the pentagon as a memorial to all who have earned their country's highest award or courage in combat. seeing two of his comrades for courage in combat. seeing two of his comrades seriously wounded in the initial action, specialist hagermaster unhesitatingly and with disregard for his own safety, rushed through enemy fire to provide them medical aid. [ applause ] >> sergeant pittman quickly exchanged his rifle for a machine gun and several belts of ammunition, left the relative safety of his position and unhesitatingly rushed forward to aid his comrade. [ applause ] >> petty officer williams was serving as patrol officer of two river patrol boats when the patrol was taken under fire by two sampans. he boldly led the patrol through the intense fire and damaged or destroyed 50 sampans. disregarding serious burns, captain young aided one of the wounded men and then attempted to lead the hostile forces away from his p