CBS News
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Catherine Herridge
CBS News
February 22, 2021, 2:55 PM
A Black Vietnam War veteran was nominated for the Medal of Honor. He's still waiting 56 years later.
Retired Colonel Paris Davis is one of the first Black officers to be part of the Army's Special Forces. His courage and valor earned him the respect of his soldiers in Vietnam, and a nomination for the nation's highest military combat award.
But Davis never received his Medal of Honor — his file vanished in Vietnam, nearly 56 years ago in 1965.
That year, Washington saw anti-war protests rage. Bloody Sunday in Selma, Alabama, galvanized the civil rights movement.