Immortal Valor
Immortal Valor The remarkable story of the seven African-American soldiers ultimately awarded the World War II Medal of Honor, and the 50-year campaign to deny them their recognition.In 1945, when…
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Immortal Valor
The remarkable story of the seven African-American soldiers ultimately awarded the World War II Medal of Honor, and the 50-year campaign to deny them their recognition.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. 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. Despite the fact that more than one million African-Americans served, not a single black soldier received the Medal of Honor.
Or Sergeant Reuben Rivers, who spearhead his tank unit's advance Men like Vernon Baker, who single-handedly eliminated three enemy machineguns, an observation post, and a German dugout.