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Wounded Knee, a Battle or Massacre? And Should Medals of Honor be Revoked?


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(Previously Aired on 9/3/2019)

In December 1890, the Army engaged a band of Lakota Indians at Wounded Knee Creek. Who shot first is lost to history, but the deaths of approximately 350 Lakota and 30 Army troops made it one of the bloodiest engagements of the American-Indian period. The Army calls it a battle; the Lakota people call it a massacre.

Multiple times the Lakota people have sought an apology (received), reparations, and revocation of the 20 Medals of Honor awarded. Historian and Army Colonel Samuel Russell (ret.) discusses the history, and his submittal to the House Armed Services Committee regarding HR 3467 "Remove the Stain Act" of 2019. Russell offers host Jim Fausone why the bill is misguided and what precedents it would set.

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