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By Chloe Kim BBC News, Washington 14 February 2023 Image caption, Paris Davis was one of the first black officers in the US Army’s Special Forces, known as the Green Berets One of the first black officers in the US Army’s Special Forces will receive recognition for his service in the Vietnam War with the […]
U.S. Award for valor during Vietnam War comes nearly 60 years after Col. Davis was first nominated Source link
WASHINGTON (AP) — Nearly 60 years after he was recommended for the nation’s highest military award, retired Col. Paris Davis, one of the first Black officers to lead a Special Forces team in combat, received the Medal of Honor on Friday for his bravery in the Vietnam War. After a crowded White House ceremony, a […]
Col. Paris Davis: The interesting thing there was, the soldiers ere saying: “What’s going on here?” It brought to the fore racism and the different way whites are treated and Blacks are treated. They had never, to my knowledge, at that time lost a Medal of Honor citation that was lost by a white guy. […]
Video: Black Vietnam Veteran Is Awarded Medal of Honor The New York Times Source link
WASHINGTON — Nearly 60 years after one of the first Black officers in the Special Forces was nominated — and then overlooked — for the nation’s highest military honor, President Biden on Friday awarded the Medal of Honor to that officer, Col. Paris Davis, for exemplifying “everything our nation is at our best.” “Brave and […]
Nearly 60 years after he was first recommended for the nation’s highest military award for his bravery during the Vietnam war, retired colonel Paris Davis, one of the first Black officers to lead a special forces team in combat, received the Medal of Honor on Friday. The belated recognition for the 83-year-old Virginia resident came […]
A nearly 60-year wait for the highest level of recognition is nearly over for Col. Paris Davis, one of the first Black Green Berets, who will soon receive the Congressional Medal of honor. File photo by Bonnie Cash/UPI March 3 (UPI) — President Joe Biden will award the Medal of Honor to a Black commander […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — Nearly 60 years after he was first recommended for the nation’s highest award for bravery during the Vietnam War, retired Col. Paris Davis, one of the first Black officers to lead a Special Forces team in combat, will receive the prestigious Medal of Honor on Friday. The overdue recognition for the 83-year-old […]
Proposed designs for a congressional gold medal recognizing Willie O’Ree — the first black hockey player to play in the National Hockey League — were recommended Feb. 16 by the Commission of Fine Arts. The advisory panel considered five proposed obverse designs and five proposed reverse designs. The same designs will be reviewed by the […]