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Video highlights of Medal of Honor ceremonies

Advertiser Staff

President Clinton today awarded the Medal of Honor to 22 World War II veterans of Asian and Pacific Island descent, primarily from the Army's 442nd Regimental Combat Team and the 100th Infantry Battalion.

Twelve of the recipients are Hawai'i men, including five who are still living.

USA Today Live's Victor Murphy captured the events on video. Highlights are presented here.

Click on the following links to view the video clips. RealPlayer required.

White House ceremony (courtesy USAToday.com). Veterans received medals from President Clinton at the White House today. Read complete text of Clinton's remarks.

Medal of Honor wreath-laying ceremony (courtesy USAToday.com). At the Tomb of the Unknowns at Arlington National Cemetery, three of the 22 medal recipients laid a wreath on the tomb.

To view an extended video of the White House ceremony, you will need the Windows or Mac version of Windows Media Player.

For PC users, click here to see the ceremony.

Mac users will need to open Windows Media Player, pull down File Menu, click on Open Location and type in:

mms://media03.netenterprise.net/honoluluadvertiser/medalofhonor.asf