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Never too late to set the history books straight
On Tuesday, President Obama helped atone for a century of discrimination against minorities in the armed forces by posthumously awarding the Medal of Honor, our nation’s highest military award, to Private Henry Johnson of the 369th Infantry Regiment and Sergeant William Shemin, 47th Infantry Regiment, two of our nation’s bravest veterans of the First World War. Their incredible acts of valor on the battlefield in Europe were never recognized because of racial and religious discrimination- Private Johnson was black, and and Sergeant Shemin was Jewish.
Obama Posthumously Awards Medal Of Honor To Black and Jewish WWI Heroes
On Tuesday, President Obama helped atone for a century of discrimination against minorities in the armed forces by posthumously awarding the Medal of Honor, our nation’s highest military award, to Private Henry Johnson of the 369th Infantry Regiment and Sergeant William Shemin, 47th Infantry Regiment, two of our nation’s bravest veterans of the First World War. Their incredible acts of valor on the battlefield in Europe were never recognized because of racial and religious discrimination- Private Johnson was black, and and Sergeant Shemin was Jewish.
Obama Posthumously Awards Medal Of Honor To Black and Jewish WWI Heroes