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President Yoon Suk Yeol bows to Navy Capt. Elmer Royce Williams, center, and retired Army Col. Ralph Puckett, left, before awarding the Taegeuk Order of Military Merit, the highest military order, during a luncheon celebrating the 70th anniversary of the Korea-U.S. alliance at a hotel in Washington on Tuesday. The late Baldomero Lopez, a first lieutenant who served in the Marine Corps, was also awarded the Taegeuk Order of Military Merit posthumously. His nephew received the order on behalf of the late Lopez. [YONHAP]
President Yoon Suk Yeol bows to Navy Capt. Elmer Royce Williams, center, and retired Army Col. Ralph Puckett, left, before awarding the Taegeuk Order of Military Merit, the highest military order, during a luncheon celebrating the 70th anniversary of the Korea-U.S. alliance at a hotel in Washington on Tuesday. The late Baldomero Lopez, a first lieutenant who served in the Marine Corps, was also awarded the Taegeuk Order of Military Merit posthumously. His nephew received the order on behalf of the late Lopez.
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