,v  #aagth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #eiji  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,november #e1        
#bjba,mr4 ,issa introduced the following
 bill2 which was referred to the        
,committee on ,armed ,services  ,a      
,,bill  ,to authorize the ,president to 
award the ,medal of ,honor to ,e4 ,royce
 ,williams for acts of valor during the 
,korean ,war4  #a4 ,findings ,congress  
finds the following3 7#a7 ,on ,november 
#ah1 #aieb1 then ,lieutenant ,e4 ,royce 
,williams and ,combat ,air ,patrol ,task
 ,force #gg carried out an airstrike on 
the ,hoeryong industrial complex near   
the ,korea-,russia border4 ,in response1
 seven ,soviet ,mi,g-#aes launched from 
a ,soviet base near ,vladivostok4       
,williams and three other ,,us pilots   
flying ,f#i;,f-#e ,panthers were        
dispatched from the ,u4,s4,s4 ,oriskany 
to pursue the seven ,mi,g-#aes in       
blizzard conditions to engage over the  
,sea of ,japan4  7#b7 ,when the ,flight 
,leader's instruments reported a        

fuel-pump warning1 he was escorted back 
to the ,u4,s4,s4 ,oriskany by his       
wingman4  7#c7 ,williams and his        
wingman1 ,dave ,rowlands1 remained      
airborne4 ,williams fired upon one      
,mi,g-#ae and ,rowlands followed it out 
of formation1 leaving ,williams to      
pursue the remaining six ,mi,g-#aes on  
his own4 ,in his efforts1 ,williams     
expended all of his ammunition and shot 
down four1 very likely five1 of the     
seven ,soviet ,mi,g-#aes1 setting the   
,american aviator record for ,mi,gs shot
 in a single sortie and the only naval  
dogfight over water in the ,korean ,war4
  7#d7 ,after sustaining a hit from a   
#cg millimeter shell that disabled his  
electrical and hydraulic systems1       
,williams underwent enemy fire while    
returning to the carrier as well as     
friendly fire from escort vessels after 
being mistaken for enemy aircraft4  7#e7
 ,without rudders to slow his descent1  
,williams landed on the ,u4,s4,s4       
,oriskany at a speed of #agj knots1     

miraculously able to safely engage the  
number three wire4  7#f7 ,williams'     
aircraft sustained #bfc holes and a     
foot-long gash while the only injury    
sustained by ,williams was a bloody     
neck1 chafed by his gear4 ,williams was 
told not to speak of the events of that 
day by his commanders1 and1 at the time1
 was only officially credited for one   
downed and one damaged enemy in the     
fight4  7#g7 ,witnesses to this heroism 
were the first unit of the then newly   
created ,national ,security ,agency1    
codenamed ,canoe1 aboard the ,,uss      
,helena4 ,intercepting ,soviet          
communications1 the unit recorded the   
transmissions that three ,soviet ,mi,gs 
were shot down1 and one pilot ejected   
his compromised aircraft and then died4 
,one aircraft returned to base in       
,vladivostok4  7#h7 ,at the end of the  
,cold ,war1 ,russia released the names  
of the four pilots shot down in combat  
on ,november #ah1 #aieb4  7#i7 ,when    
,williams was awarded the ,silver ,star 

for his actions on ,november #ah1 #aieb1
 the drafters did not have access to the
 top secret radio intelligence or the   
subsequent ,russian report released     
after the ,cold ,war4  7#aj7 ,williams  
served in the ,navy for over #cj years1 
flew over #bbj missions in ,korea and   
,vietnam1 and retired in #aihd4  7#aa7  
,e4 ,royce ,williams deserves the       
,congressional ,medal of ,honor for his 
heroic actions on ,november #ah1 #aieb1 
when he successfully eliminated four1   
likely five1 of seven ,mi,g-#aes in a   
far less superior aircraft during the   
#ce-minute-long aerial battle wherein he
 never once sought safety in the clouds 
or abandoned the mission despite being  
outnumbered and outgunned4  #b4         
,authorization for award of ,medal of   
,honor to ,e4 ,royce ,williams for acts 
of valor during the ,korean ,war  7a7   
,waiver of time limitations             
,notwithstanding the time limitations   
specified in section #hbih of title #aj1
 ,united ,states ,code1 or any other    

time limitation with respect to the     
awarding of certain medals to persons   
who served in the ,armed ,forces1 the   
,president may award the ,medal of      
,honor under section #hbia of such title
 to ,e4 ,royce ,williams for the acts of
 valor described in subsection 7b74  7b7
 ,acts of valor described ,the acts of  
valor described in this subsection are  
the actions of ,e4 ,royce ,williams1 as 
a lieutenant in the ,navy1 on ,november 
#ah1 #aieb4