Gadsden medal of honor winner honored on stamp

Col. Ola Lee Mize

Post Office officials in Gadsden say they have ordered extra stock of stamps honoring Korean War Medal of Honor recipients because the package includes a photo of Col. Ola Lee Mize of Gadsden.  The stamp folio was released this week and pays tribute to 145 American veterans who received the nation’s highest military honor for service during the Korean War.  Mize, who died on March 12, was one of 13 Medal of Honor recipients from the Korea War who were alive when the folio was being designed and is pictured on the cover. Mize and three other Korean Medal of Honor recipients died before the stamps were issued.