1944 PHOTO PROVIDED BY THE U.S. NAVY HISTORICAL CENTER AP provides access to this publicly distributed HANDOUT photo to be used only to illustrate news reporting or commentary on the facts or events depicted in this image.
This 1944 photo provided by the U.S. Navy Historical Center's collection shows Donald Kirby Ross, of Beverly, Kan., in 1944. Ross was the first person to receive the Medal of Honor in World War II. He died in 1992. (AP Photo/U.S. Naval Historical Center)
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