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By Matt Saintsing
After completing Officer Candidate School, World War II veteran Vernon Baker led troops in German-occupied Italy. His courage in spearheading an attack on an enemy stronghold resulted in him belatedly receiving the Medal of Honor. Photo credit: AP PHOTO/THE SPOKESMAN-REVIEW, JESSE TINSLEY, FILE
How a DAV member and courageous warrior became the first living African American World War II Medal of Honor recipient
Of the seven Black World War II Army veterans to receive the Medal of Honor in 1997, Vernon Baker was the sole survivor. More than half a century had passed between the day he led a fearless attack in German-occupied Italy to when President Bill Clinton belatedly presented Baker with the nation’s highest award for valor.
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giving the nation s highest military award, the medal of honor. three were alive to receive it. he was wounded several times in vietnam in 1969, recovering the body of a fallen fellow soldier. the two world wars were long of before the army asked why no black soldier husband been given the medal of honor in either of them. racial prejudice was found to be the reason. incredible valor was overlooked. running into bullets, charging machine gun nests and climbing aboard tanks and taking them out. covering their comrades so they could make it to safety. the first president bush made corporal freddy stolers the first black world war i medal of honor winner. they pinned a medal on lieutenant baker. lieutenant morris feels an american wrong is being righted. we re not perfect. if someone stepped up to the plate and said we need to go back and look at things, that s being done, i m very proud of