McCool, Richard M., Jr., 1922-2008

President Harry S. Truman presents the Congressional Medal of Honor to United States Navy Lieutenant Richard Miles McCool, Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. Richard M. McCool, Sr., Norman, Oklahoma, who were present at the ceremony as well as Lieutenant McCool's wife. His award was presented for service as commanding officer of the USS LCS (Landing Craft Support) 122 during operations against Japanese forces in the Ryukyu Chain, June 10 and 11, 1945.

President Harry S. Truman presents six Congressional Medals of Honor. From left to right in the front are Private First Class Mike Colalillo, Captain Robert Hugo Dunlap, Lieutenant Richard Miles McCool, President Truman, Sergeant Vernon McGarity, Lieutenant Frank Burke, and Master Sergeant Vito R. Bertoldo. From the scrapbooks of Matt Connelly, Vol. 1.