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Immortal Valor - The Black Medal of Honor Recipients of World War II (Paperback)
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Immortal Valor - The Black Medal of Honor Recipients of World War II (Paperback)
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The remarkable story of seven African-American soldiers denied the
Medal of Honor for more than 50 years due to their race, and their
extraordinary acts of bravery. In 1945, when Congress began
reviewing the record of the most conspicuous acts of courage by
American soldiers during World War II, they recommended awarding
the Medal of Honor to 432 recipients. Despite the fact that more
than one million African-Americans served, not a single black
soldier received the Medal of Honor. The omission remained on the
record for over four decades. But recent historical investigations
have brought to light some of the extraordinary acts of valor
performed by black soldiers during the war. Men like Vernon Baker,
who single-handedly eliminated three enemy machine guns, an
observation post, and a German dugout. Or Sergeant Reuben Rivers,
who spearheaded his tank unit's advance against fierce German
resistance for three days despite being grievously wounded.
Meanwhile Lieutenant Charles Thomas led his platoon to capture a
strategically vital village on the Siegfried Line in 1944 despite
losing half his men and suffering a number of wounds himself.
Ultimately, in 1993 a US Army commission determined that seven men,
including Baker, Rivers and Thomas, had been denied the Army's
highest award simply due to racial discrimination. In 1997, more
than 50 years after the war, President Clinton finally awarded the
Medal of Honor to these seven heroes, sadly all but one of them
posthumously. These are their stories.
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