President Lyndon Johnson awarded Congressional Medals of Honor to the following servicemen on January 16, 1969. Navy Lt. Clyde E. Lassen, Ft. Myers, Florida Marine Maj. Stephen W. Pless, Newnan, Georgia Air Force Lt. Col. Joe M. Jackson, Newman, Georgi
Original caption: President Johnson poses with four U.S. servicemen, two of them from the same small town in Georgia, to whom he presented the Medal of Honor 1/16 for heroism in Vietnam. Left to right: Navy Lt. Clyde E. Lassen, Ft. Myers, Fla.; Marine Maj. Stephen W. Pless, Newman, Ga.; President Johnson; Air Force Lt. Col. Joe M. Jackson, also from Newman, Ga.; and Army S/Sgt. Drew D. Dix, Pueblo, Colorado. January 16, 1969 Washington, DC, USA
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Lyndon Johnson Posing with Medal of Honor Recipients