Col. Paris Davis (ret.) was first recommended for the nation's highest combat honor in 1965, but the packet of recommendations for the medal was lost.
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CBS News By 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.