Keywords: people 80-G-347877: Captain Joseph J. McCarthy, USMCR, receiving the Medal of Honor from President Harry S. Truman at the White House, Washington, D.C. on October 6, 1945. Joseph J. McCarthy received the Medal of Honor for "conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his life" on 21 February 1945, during the Battle of Iwo Jima. U.S. Navy photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives. (2015/11/24). 80-G-347877: Captain Joseph J. McCarthy, USMCR, receiving the Medal of Honor from President Harry S. Truman at the White House, Washington, D.C. on October 6, 1945. Joseph J. McCarthy received the Medal of Honor for "conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his life" on 21 February 1945, during the Battle of Iwo Jima. U.S. Navy photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives. (2015/11/24). |