SPLIT, May 18 (Hina) - A Congressional Medal of Honour, the highest US award, was presented on Thursday to a family member of Croatian American Peter Tomich on board the aircraft carrier USS Enterprise, which is anchored off the
southern Adriatic seaport of Split.
SPLIT, May 18 (Hina) - A Congressional Medal of Honour, the
highest US award, was presented on Thursday to a family member of Croatian
American Peter Tomich on board the aircraft carrier USS Enterprise, which is
anchored off the southern Adriatic seaport of Split. Tomich was
decorated posthumously 64 years ago by US President Franklin Roosevelt for
courage demonstrated during the Japanese attack on Pear Harbour in 1941, when
he risked his life to save the crew of the USS Utah.
The award was presented to retired Croatian Army Colonel Srecko Herceg
by the commander of US Naval Forces Europe, Admiral Henry Elrich, in the
presence of Croatian Deputy Prime Minister Damir Polancec, Defence Minister
Berislav Roncevic, and US Ambassador Ralph Frank.