Publication: The Washington TimesPublication Date: 09-JUN-02
Ellen Sorokin, THE WASHINGTON TIMES
The Pentagon has rejected the request of a highly decorated World War II veteran to award him the Medal of Honor. Secretary of the Army Thomas E. White said the country's highest award for valor will not be granted to Wallace M. Gallant, of Virginia Beach because of lack of proof of the veteran soldier's heroic actions. Mr. Gallant, 76, received a Distinguished Service Cross, the country's second-highest award for valor.
"After giving this request careful consideration, it is my determination that the award of the Medal of Honor is not warranted due to the lack of eyewitness statements required for 'incontestable proof,'" Mr. White wrote in a May 7 letter to Sen. John W. Warner, Virginia Republican, who asked the Pentagon to review Mr. Gallant's case. "Sergeant Gallant's actions, while heroic, do not 'clearly...
Good enough to deserve the DSC but not the Medal of Honor due to the lack of eyewitness statements?
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