corporal victor h. espinoza'slor displayed a strong point and took a toll on the enemy resulting in at least 1 14 dead and 11 wounded. corporal victor h. espinoza's heroism and selflessness above and beyond the call of duty are in keeping with the highest traditions of military service and reflect a great credit upon himself, his unit and the united states army. [applause] mr. pete corral accepting on eduardo corral gomez. the president of the united states of america authorized by act of congress march 31863 has awarded in the name of congress the medal of honor to sergeant eduardo corral gomez the united states army for conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty. sergeant eduardo c. gomez distinguished himself by acts of golf intrigue and infiltrated -- gallantry and the first coventry division during operations against an armed enemy in korea september 3, 1950. that afternoon while conducting combat patrol sergeant gomez's was attacked by the force that moved

[applause] >> accepting on behalf of his father, corporal victor h. espinoza. corporal victor h. espinoza, distinguish himself by acts of gallantry and intrepidity above and beyond the call of duty while serving as an active rifleman in company a, 23rd infantry regiment, second infantry division during combat against an armed enemy in korea on august 1, 1952. on that day, corporal espinoza and his units were responsible for securing and holding a vital enemy hill. as a friendly unit neared its objective, it was subjected to a devastating volume of enemy fire. , being fullynoza aware of the hazards, left his place of comparative safety and made deliberate one-man assault on the enemy with his rifle and grenades, destroying a machine gun and killing the crew. toporal espinoza continued cross the terrain to an exposed vantage point where he attacked a mortar position and two bunkers with grenades and rifle fire, knocking out the enemy mortar position and destroying old bunkers and killing their occupants. upon reaching the crest and running out of rifle ammunition, he called for more

[applause] >> accepting on behalf of his father, corporal victor h. espinoza. corporal victor h. espinoza, distinguish himself by acts of gallantry and intrepidity above and beyond the call of duty while serving as an active rifleman in company a, 23rd infantry regiment, second infantry division during combat against an armed enemy in korea on august 1, 1952. on that day, corporal espinoza and his units were responsible for securing and holding a vital enemy hill. as a friendly unit neared its objective, it was subjected to a devastating volume of enemy fire. , being fullynoza aware of the hazards, left his place of comparative safety and made deliberate one-man assault on the enemy with his rifle and grenades, destroying a machine gun and killing the crew. toporal espinoza continued cross the terrain to an exposed vantage point where he attacked a mortar position and two bunkers with grenades and rifle fire, knocking out the enemy mortar position and destroying old bunkers and killing their occupants. upon reaching the crest and running out of rifle ammunition, he called for more

corral victor h. espinoza's extraordinary heroism and selflessness above and beyond the call of duty are keeping within the highest traditions of military service and reflect upon himself and his unit and the united states army. >> pete coral. accepting on behalf of his uncle sergeant eduardo c. gomez. he distinguished himself by acts of gallantry and intrepidity above and beyond the call of duty while serving with company i 1st cavalry division during comrade on september 3, 1950. that afternoon while conducting combat patrol, sergeant gomez's company was ruthlessly attacked by a hostile force and moved within 75 yards of the command post before it was immobilized by rocket fire. however, an enemy tank and machine guns raked the company perimeter with devastating fire. realizing the tank posed a serious threat to the entire perimeter, sergeant gomez voluntarily crawled 30 yards across an open rice filed and vuble nes pried open one of the hatches and dropped a grenade into the hall killing the crew. wounded in

accepting on behalf of his father corporal victor h. espinoza. corporal victor h.sman as a distinguished itself by acts of gallantry and injured pitted the above and beyond the call of duty while serving as an acting rifleman in company a 203rd infantry regiment's second infantry division during combat operations against an armed enemy in. on august 11952. on that day corporal espinoza and his unit were responsible for securing and holding of vital in a meal. as the friendly unit neared its objective it was subjected to a devastated volume of any fire slowing its progress. corporal espinoza unhesitatingly and being fully aware of the hazards involved left his place of comparative safety in a deliberate one-man assault on the enemy with his rifle and grenades destroying the machine gun and killing the crew. corporal asman as a continue to cross the fire swept terrain to an exposed vantage point where he attacked an enemy mortar position into bunkers with grenades and rifle fire knocking out the enemy mortar position and destroying both bonkers and killing their occu