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Tom Ridge suffers stroke, hospitalized in critical condition Caitlin McFall
Tom Ridge, a former Republican governor of Pennsylvania and the first U.S. secretary of Homeland Security, suffered a stroke Wednesday at his residence in a suburb outside of Washington, D.C.
A statement by his family said Ridge was transported from his home in Bethesda, Md., by an ambulance to a hospital where he arrived still conscious.
He remains in critical but stable condition, his family reported.
Ridge served as Pennsylvania’s governor from 1995 to 2001 before he entered the George W. Bush administration as the nation’s first Secretary for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) in the wake of 9/11.
Alan Justice
Special to the Record
The Hildebran High School class of 1960 pays tribute to a local veteran each year on Memorial Day. This year, the group will recognize WWII veteran Clifford Wilson, who died on May 23.
Before his death, Clifford and his wife, Lorena, attended the 2019 observance. Tribute was paid to Glen Eckard, who had lived in Icard and was killed in action in France during WWII, leaving a wife and four young children.
It was during this observance that Clifford and Lorena, residents of Connelly Springs, shared first-hand accounts of the horrors of war and the life of families who lived in continual fear of losing sons, brothers and husbands.
Getting a Medal of Honor Upgrade Could Be a Tall Order
Mike Gooding, 13News Now, May 7, 2021
Just 2.6 percent of the more than 3,500 Medals of Honor awarded to U.S. troops since 1863 have gone to African Americans.
The vast majority of those decorations were bestowed prior to World War I. Between 1861 and 1918, the Medal was awarded nearly 3,000 times.
Still, the math is pretty hard to accept for modern-day Black veterans.
“We know it was unfair, so what do we do now?” asked Vietnam War Army veteran Jim Cornish of Newport News, Virginia. “How do we tell what’s going to happen now? I mean, you can’t get it back.”
Getting a Medal of Honor upgrade could be a tall order
With only 2.6 percent of Medals of Honor having been awarded to Black troops since 1863, legislative action may be needed. Author: Mike Gooding Updated: 5:32 PM EDT May 7, 2021
NEWPORT NEWS, Va. Just 2.6 percent of the more than 3,500 Medals of Honor awarded to U.S. troops since 1863 have gone to African Americans.
The vast majority of those decorations were bestowed prior to World War I. Between 1861 and 1918, the Medal was awarded nearly 3,000 times.
Still, the math is pretty hard to accept for modern-day Black veterans. We know it was unfair, so what do we do now? asked Vietnam War Army veteran Jim Cornish of Newport News, Virginia. How do we tell what s going to happen now? I mean, you can t get it back.