DVIDS – Images – Ghost Army Congressional Gold Medal Ceremony [Image 8 of 11]

World War II Ghost Army veterans: Pfc. Bernard (Bernie) Bluestein, Pvt. John M. Christman and Pfc. Seymour Nussenbaum takes a photo with their Congressional Gold Medal alongside members of Congress, the Department of Defense, friends, and family during a special ceremony honoring World War II Ghost Army veterans at Emancipation Hall, U.S. Capitol Visitors Center in Washington, D.C., March 21, 2024. Special guests in attendance were: Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell; House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries; Senator Susan Collins; Senator Edward Markey; Representative Ann McLane Kuster, the U.S. representative for New Hampshire’s 2nd congressional district; Representative Celeste Maloy, the U.S. representative for Utah’s 2nd congressional district; Representative Chris Stewart, the U.S. representative for Utah’s 2nd congressional district; U.S. Deputy Secretary of Veterans Affairs Tanya J. Bradsher; Secretary of the U.S. Army Christine E.Wormuth; Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff U.S. Air Force Gen. Charles Q. Brown Jr.; Chief of Staff of the U.S. Army Gen. Randy A. George; Maj. Gen. Trevor J. Bredenkamp, the commanding general of the U.S. Army Military District of Washington; Maj. Gen. Thomas J. Tickner, the Army’s Chief Legislative Liaison; U.S. Army Surgeon General Lt. Gen. Mary K.Izaguirre; Maj. Gen. John Rafferty, the chief of Public Affairs; Maj. Gen.Paul T. Stanton, the commanding general of the U.S. Army Cyber Center of Excellence and Fort Eisenhower; Col. Rustie Kim, the commander of the 4thPsychological Operations Group; and Col. Eric Johnson, the commander of the 8th Psychological Operations Group. (U.S. Army photo by Henry Villarama)