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Senator Blunt Seeks Medals For Minority Veterans Of WWI
Service members of all races, religions, and backgrounds fought in WWI, but the Medal of Honor was not awarded to minority veterans until the 1990s. Congress has authorized more recent reviews for minority service members from World War II to the present, but the only review undertaken for WWI took place in 1919 – and no minority veterans received the Medal of Honor as a result of that review.
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Service members of all races, religions, and backgrounds fought in WWI, but the Medal of Honor was not awarded to minority veterans until the 1990s. Congress has authorized more recent reviews for minority service members from World War II to the present, but the only review undertaken for WWI took place in 1919 – and no minority veterans received the Medal of Honor as a result of that review.