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portada Immortal Valor: The Black Medal of Honor Recipients of World War II
Type
Physical Book
Author
Publisher
Language
English
Pages
288
Format
Paperback
Dimensions
20.8x14.4x2.2 cm
Weight
0.40 kg.
ISBN13
9781472852847
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Immortal Valor: The Black Medal of Honor Recipients of World War II

Robert Child (Author) · Osprey Publishing (UK) · Paperback

Immortal Valor: The Black Medal of Honor Recipients of World War II - Child, Robert

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Synopsis "Immortal Valor: The Black Medal of Honor Recipients of World War II"

The remarkable story of seven African-American soldiers denied the Medal of Honor for more than 50 years due to their race, and their extraordinary acts of bravery. In 1945, when Congress began reviewing the record of the most conspicuous acts of courage by American soldiers during World War II, they recommended awarding the Medal of Honor to 432 recipients. Despite the fact that more than one million African-Americans served, not a single black soldier received the Medal of Honor. The omission remained on the record for over four decades. But recent historical investigations have brought to light some of the extraordinary acts of valor performed by black soldiers during the war. Men like Vernon Baker, who single-handedly eliminated three enemy machine guns, an observation post, and a German dugout. Or Sergeant Reuben Rivers, who spearheaded his tank unit's advance against fierce German resistance for three days despite being grievously wounded. Meanwhile Lieutenant Charles Thomas led his platoon to capture a strategically vital village on the Siegfried Line in 1944 despite losing half his men and suffering a number of wounds himself. Ultimately, in 1993 a US Army commission determined that seven men, including Baker, Rivers and Thomas, had been denied the Army's highest award simply due to racial discrimination. In 1997, more than 50 years after the war, President Clinton finally awarded the Medal of Honor to these seven heroes, sadly all but one of them posthumously. These are their stories.

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