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据知情人士向哥伦比亚广播公司新闻透露，总统特朗普计划在周二晚间的国情咨文演讲中，向100岁的老兵E.罗伊斯·威廉姆斯（E. Royce Williams）授予国会荣誉勋章，以表彰他在朝鲜战争期间执行秘密任务时的英勇表现。
这将是美国总统首次在国情咨文演讲中颁发这枚美国军方最高战斗荣誉勋章。
白宫发言人未回应置评请求。此前未报道过的这一计划可能会发生变化。
退休海军上校威廉姆斯曾参与美国海军历史上最长的空战。1952年，在一场半小时的空战中，他与七架苏联米格战斗机展开激战，击落四架。
当时苏联的参与是高度机密，因此此次事件的记录被保密了数十年。朝鲜战争最激烈时期，威廉姆斯与另一名美国飞行员正在朝鲜半岛海岸附近飞行，突然遭遇七架苏联米格-15战斗机。苏联飞机首先开火，他后来回忆道：”既然他们挑起了战斗，我就回击。”
威廉姆斯击中了其中一架米格战机，他的战友随后追击。之后，他单独驾驶战机继续与剩余敌机缠斗，在数百发敌方炮火中击落了另外三架苏联飞机。近年来，美国军方公布了此次遭遇战的详细描述，称其为朝鲜战争中最激烈的空战之一。
威廉姆斯在2022年接受新闻媒体《任务与使命》（Task & Purpose）采访时表示：”当时我只是一名执行任务的战斗机飞行员，我只是在击落我该击落的目标。”
（配图：2023年1月20日，退休美国海军上校E.罗伊斯·威廉姆斯因在朝鲜战争中的表现获颁海军十字勋章。美国海军/二级士兵T. Logan）
在战机被击中后，威廉姆斯驾驶受损飞机向美国航空母舰返航，以高速引导受损战机安全降落。他后来表示，自己曾考虑过弹射逃生，但考虑到水面上的严寒条件，这一决定风险极大。
威廉姆斯称，他接到的指令是将这次空战的详情保密——这在冷战对手刻意避免公开冲突的背景下，是美苏之间罕见且政治敏感的对抗。数十年来，他从未向任何人透露此事，甚至包括自己的妻子。
直到苏联解体多年后，随着档案记录和军事历史公开，此次行动的细节才逐渐浮出水面。三年前，威廉姆斯被授予海军十字勋章，这是海军或海军陆战队成员可获得的最高战斗荣誉。
来自加利福尼亚州的共和党众议员达雷尔·伊萨（Darell Issa）的选区包括威廉姆斯的家乡，他一直推动这位退休海军飞行员获得国会荣誉勋章。去年，国会授权总统授予这一勋章，豁免了该勋章必须在英勇行为发生五年内授予的长期规定。
伊萨本月早些时候在一份声明中写道：”近70年前，在北太平洋上空和朝鲜海岸附近，他在35分钟的激烈战斗中展现出的英勇无畏，无疑挽救了他的战友、舰友和机组人员的生命。”
特朗普本月早些时候曾致电威廉姆斯。
此次颁发勋章的时机颇具争议，因为特朗普将表彰一位因数十年前击落俄罗斯飞行员而闻名的老兵，正值俄罗斯入侵乌克兰四周年纪念日——这场冲突如今因基辅面临压力考虑割让莫斯科占领领土的谈判而蒙上阴影。
Trump plans to honor 100-year-old veteran during State of the Union, sources say
Updated on: February 24, 2026 / 12:06 PM EST / CBS News
President Trump is planning to honor a 100-year-old veteran Tuesday night by awarding E. Royce Williams the Medal of Honor for his actions in a secret mission during the Korean War, sources with knowledge of the matter told CBS News.
This would mark the first time that a president has awarded the medal, the U.S. military’s highest honor for valor in combat, during a State of the Union address.
White House spokespeople didn’t respond to requests for comment. The plan, which has not previously been reported, could change.
Williams, a retired Navy captain, was part of the longest aerial engagement in U.S. Navy history when he fought seven Soviet MiG fighter jets, shooting down four, during a half-hour dogfight in 1952.
Soviet involvement was top secret at the time, so the records of the event were classified for decades. At the height of the Korean War, Williams and another American pilot were flying off the coast of the Korean Peninsula when they encountered seven Soviet miG-15 fighter jets. The Soviet aircraft opened fire, he would later recall: “Since they started the fight, he said, “I shot back.”
Williams struck one of the MiGs, and his fellow American pilot pursued it. Then, flying alone, he engaged the remaining aircraft, downing three more Soviet planes while maneuvering through what military accounts later described as hundreds of rounds of incoming fire. In recent years, the U.S. military has published detailed descriptions of the encounter, portraying it as one of the most intense aerial engagements of the war.
“In the moment I was a fighter pilot doing my job,” Williams told news outlet Task & Purpose in a 2022 interview. “I was only shooting what I had.”
Retired U.S. Navy Capt. E. Royce Williams receives a Navy Cross for his actions during the Korean War Jan. 20, 2023. US Navy / Petty Officer 2nd Class T. Logan
After his aircraft was struck, Williams turned back toward an American aircraft carrier, guiding the damaged plane in for a landing at high speed. He later said he had considered ejecting but concluded that the frigid conditions over the water made such a decision perilous.
Williams has said that he was instructed to keep the airborne clash a secret — a rare and politically fraught confrontation between American and Soviet forces at a moment when the two Cold War adversaries were intent on avoiding open war. For decades, he spoke of it to no one, not even his wife.
Details of the operations surfaced only years after the collapse of the Soviet Union, as archival records and military histories were made public. Three years ago, Williams was awarded the Navy Cross, the highest combat award that can be given to a service member of either the Navy or Marine Corps for valor in combat.
Republican Rep. Darell Issa of California, whose San Diego-area district includes Williams home, pressed for the retired Navy pilot to receive the Medal of Honor. Last year, lawmakers authorized the president to bestow the decoration, waiving the longstanding requirement that it be awarded within five years of the act of valor.
“The heroism and valor he demonstrated for more than 35 harrowing minutes almost 70 years ago in the skies over the North Pacific and the coast of North Korea unquestionably saved the lives of his fellow pilots, shipmates, and crew,” Issa wrote in a statement earlier this month.
Mr. Trump called Williams earlier this month.
The timing of the medal presentation is notable as Mr. Trump is set to award the Medal of Honor to a veteran recognized for killing Russian pilots decades ago, on the anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine four years ago —a conflict now shadowed by negotiations in which Kyiv has faced pressure to consider ceding territory seized by Moscow.
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