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Medal of Honor Monday: Army Pvt. Elden Harvey Johnson
June 29, 2026
WASHINGTON, June 29 -- The U.S. Department of War issued the following news:

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Medal of Honor Monday: Army Pvt. Elden Harvey Johnson

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Army Pvt. Elden Harvey Johnson fought in the 1944 Italian Campaign of World War II as an infantryman and was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for his extraordinary heroism.

Johnson was born in Bivalve, New Jersey, Feb. 13, 1921, and grew up in East Weymouth, Massachusetts.

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