small towns like puerto rico. they loved to fish and play baseball. they were sons who made their parents proud and brothers who their siblings looked up to. they were so young. many in their early 20s. and when their country went to war, they answered the call. they put on the uniform and hugged their families goodbye. some of them hugged the wives and children that they d never see again. they fought in the rocky hills of italy, the bloodstained beaches of france. the freezing mountains of korea. the human jungles of vietnam. their courage almost defies imagination. when you read the records of these individuals, it s unimaginable the valor that they displayed. running into bullets. charging machine gun nests and
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
puerto rico. they loved to fish and play baseball. they were sons who made their parents proud and brothers who their siblings looked up to. they were so young, many in their early 20s. and when their country went to war they answered the call. they put on the uniform and hugged their families good-bye. some of them hugged the wives and children that they d never see again. they fought in the rocky hills of italy, the blood-stained beaches of france, and the freezing mountains of korea, the human jungles of vietnam. their courage almost defies imagination. when you read the records of these individuals, it s unimaginable the valor that they displayed. running into bullets, charging machine gun nests and climbing