Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham on Thursday ordered all flags in the state of New Mexico to half-staff from December 8 to 10 in mourning for Congressional Medal of Honor recipient Hiroshi “Hershey” Miyamura, who passed away on Tuesday, November 29.Miyamura was born in Gallup in 1925 and served in both World War II and the Korean War. He was awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor by President Dwight D. Eisenhower in 1953 for his actions during the Korean War.
According to the Congressional Medal of Honor Society, Miyamura was the second-to-last living recipient of the honor for the Korean War.The executive order directing all flags in New Mexico to half-staff from Thursday, December 8, through sundown Saturday, December 10, can be found here.
