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<meta><dc:title>118 S 475 ENR: To designate the clinic of the Department of Veterans Affairs in Gallup, New Mexico, as the Hiroshi “Hershey” Miyamura VA Clinic.</dc:title>
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<congress style="-uslm-lc:I665502" value="118">One Hundred Eighteenth Congress of the United States of America</congress><session style="-uslm-lc:I665503" value="1">A T T  H  E F  I  R  S  T S  E  S  S  I  O  N</session>
<enrolledDateline style="-uslm-lc:I665504">Begun and held at the City of Washington on Tuesday, the third day of January, two thousand and twenty three</enrolledDateline>
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<docTitle class="centered fontsize18" style="-uslm-lc:I665505">An Act</docTitle>
<officialTitle class="centered fontsize8" style="-uslm-lc:I665511">To designate the clinic of the Department of Veterans Affairs in Gallup, New Mexico, as the Hiroshi “Hershey” Miyamura VA Clinic.<?GPOvSpace 08?></officialTitle>
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<enactingFormula style="-uslm-lc:I650120">  Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa­tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,</enactingFormula>
<section id="d40e62" identifier="/us/bill/118/s/475/s1" style="-uslm-lc:I650146"><num value="1">SECTION 1. </num><heading>DESIGNATION OF HIROSHI “HERSHEY” MIYAMURA DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS CLINIC.</heading><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d40e66" identifier="/us/bill/118/s/475/s1/a" style="-uslm-lc:I650120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="a">(a) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Findings</inline>.—</heading><chapeau>Congress finds the following:</chapeau><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d40e74" identifier="/us/bill/118/s/475/s1/a/1" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="1">(1) </num><content>Hiroshi “Hershey” Miyamura was born on October 6, 1925, in Gallup, New Mexico.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d40e78" identifier="/us/bill/118/s/475/s1/a/2" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="2">(2) </num><content>A second generation Japanese American, Hershey Miyamura first served in the United States Army near the end of World War II.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d40e82" identifier="/us/bill/118/s/475/s1/a/3" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="3">(3) </num><content>Hershey Miyamura served in the Army at a time when many of his fellow Japanese Americans, and that includes his future wife, were detained in internment camps in the United States.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d40e86" identifier="/us/bill/118/s/475/s1/a/4" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="4">(4) </num><content>Hershey Miyamura served in the storied 442nd Infantry Regiment, which was composed of soldiers with Japanese ancestry and became one of the most decorated units in the history of the United States military.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d40e90" identifier="/us/bill/118/s/475/s1/a/5" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="5">(5) </num><content>Following the start of the Korean War in 1950, the Army recalled Hershey Miyamura, who had remained as a member of the reserve components of the Army, back into active duty.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d40e94" identifier="/us/bill/118/s/475/s1/a/6" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="6">(6) </num><content>During an overnight firefight from April 24 to April 25, 1951, then-Corporal Miyamura covered the withdrawal of his entire company from advancing enemy forces as a machine gun squad leader.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d40e98" identifier="/us/bill/118/s/475/s1/a/7" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="7">(7) </num><content>The selfless actions by Hershey Miyamura that night allowed all 16 of his men to withdraw safely before he was severely wounded and captured as a prisoner of war.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d40e102" identifier="/us/bill/118/s/475/s1/a/8" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="8">(8) </num><content>Nearly 2½ years later, following his release and return to the United States, President Eisenhower presented Hershey Miyamura with the Congressional Medal of Honor in a ceremony at the White House.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d40e107" identifier="/us/bill/118/s/475/s1/a/9" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="9">(9) </num><content>The lifelong dedication of Hershey Miyamura to the United States never ceased. It continued long after his decorated military service ended.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d40e111" identifier="/us/bill/118/s/475/s1/a/10" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="10">(10) </num><content>After he received his honorable discharge from the Army, Hershey Miyamura opened a service station along Route 66 in his hometown of Gallup, New Mexico.</content></paragraph><paragraph class="indentUp1 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d40e115" identifier="/us/bill/118/s/475/s1/a/11" style="-uslm-lc:I650122"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="11">(11) </num><content>Hershey Miyamura remained active in his community until his dying days, advocating for his fellow veterans and inspiring young people with lectures on patriotism, faith, and service.</content></paragraph></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d40e119" identifier="/us/bill/118/s/475/s1/b" style="-uslm-lc:I650120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="b">(b) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">Designation</inline>.—</heading><content>The clinic of the Department of Veterans Affairs located at 2075 South NM Highway 602, Gallup, New Mexico, shall after the date of the enactment of this Act be known and designated as the “Hiroshi ‘Hershey’ Miyamura Department of Veterans Affairs Clinic” or the “Hiroshi ‘Hershey’ Miyamura VA Clinic”.</content></subsection><subsection class="indentUp0 firstIndent1 fontsize10" id="d40e127" identifier="/us/bill/118/s/475/s1/c" style="-uslm-lc:I650120"><num style="-uslm-lc:emspace2" value="c">(c) </num><heading><inline class="smallCaps">References</inline>.—</heading><content>Any reference in any law, regulation, map, document, paper, or other record of the United States to the clinic referred to in subsection (b) shall be considered to be a reference to the “Hiroshi ‘Hershey’ Miyamura VA Clinic”.</content></subsection></section>
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<signature><role style="-uslm-lc:I650114">Speaker of the House of Representatives.</role></signature>
<signature><role style="-uslm-lc:I650114">Vice President of the United States and  President of the Senate.</role></signature>
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