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The captions on two of the photos seem to be inverted. The picture above President Bush speaking at the lectern in the East Room of the White House is of three previous MOH heros. Please note in this picture, immediately behind these men are the widow and sons of American military hero Major James N. "Nick" Rowe. He, more than anyone else, brought the story of Rocky Versace back from the jungles of Nam in his important book Five Years to Freedom, (1971, Little, Brown & Co.). Nick was a fellow officer and POW with Rocky. He was later killed by Communist terrorists in the Philipines.

American military hero Major James N. "Nick" Rowe. He, more than anyone else, brought the story of Rocky Versace back from the jungles of Nam in his important book Five Years to Freedom, (1971, Little, Brown & Co.).

Dan Pitzer worked until the day he died (several years ago-cancer) to see this happen,and so did Medal of Honor winners CSM Franklin D.Miller(ret) and LTC Robert Howard (ret). Both Miller and Howard traveled all over to meet with politicians and get them to push this,spending their own money and time and ignoring the daily pain their old wounds brought them. Miller died a little over a year ago from liver cancer,but Howard is still alive.

BTW,despite all the claims made about Hackworth being "America's most decorated living veteran",the real owner of that title is Bob Howard. That is unless you count all the bullshit "1st place in the battalion latrine cleaning contest" Hackworth put himself in for and counts as "medals".