Hero receives medal, 1951

2 images. Hero receives medal, 28 September 1951. Corporal John Hosford (receives Navy and Marine Corps medal); Major Kenneth B. Pickle.; Supplementary material reads: "Gershon. City desk. Editorial. Hero. Nos. 6-8: Major Kenneth B. Pickle shown pinning Navy and Marine Corps Medal on tunic of Corporal John Hosford, Compton hero, now civilian but recently discharged from active duty. He rushed into napalm burning plane to de-fuze rockets and bombs after plane crashed on Kimpo Airfield, Korea, September 25, 1950"