President Biden will award the Medal of Honor to a Black Vietnam War veteran who twice disobeyed orders to abandon his team, ultimately rescuing each member, the White House announced Wednesday.
Mr. Biden will award the Medal of Honor, the military’s highest honor, to retired Army Col. Paris D. Davis on Thursday.
In a statement announcing the honor, the White House said Mr. Davis “distinguished himself by acts of gallantry and intrepidity above and beyond the call of duty.”Mr. Davis — one of the first Black officers to join the Army’s Special Forces — was wounded fighting off North Vietnamese forces during a battle in 1965. Despite his injuries, Mr.
He personally engaged in hand-to-hand combat and led four others to destroy the enemy gun emplacements. Ultimately, he rescued every member of his team, according to the White House announcement. The Army nominated Mr. Davis for the Medal of Honor in 1965 but inexplicably lost the paperwork. His commander and one of the American soldiers rescued by Davis again nominated him for the Medal of Honor, but somehow the request disappeared again.In 2021, Mr. Davis told CBS News that he believes race was a factor in delaying the honor.
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