H.R. 1819 aims to authorize the President to award the Medal of Honor to E. Royce Williams for his acts of valor during the Korean War. On November 18, 1952, Williams, then a Navy lieutenant, engaged in a dogfight with seven Soviet MiG-15s, shooting down four, possibly five,...
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H.R. 1819 is about giving a special medal to a brave person named E. Royce Williams for doing something very courageous during a long-ago war. Even though it's been a long time since he did this brave thing, people want to make an exception to the normal rules so he can still get the medal.