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Ernest West, Medal of Honor recipient who saved three in Korea, dies at 89
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Getting a Medal of Honor upgrade could be a tall order
With only 2.6 percent of Medals of Honor having been awarded to Black troops since 1863, legislative action may be needed. Author: Mike Gooding Updated: 5:32 PM EDT May 7, 2021
NEWPORT NEWS, Va. Just 2.6 percent of the more than 3,500 Medals of Honor awarded to U.S. troops since 1863 have gone to African Americans.
The vast majority of those decorations were bestowed prior to World War I. Between 1861 and 1918, the Medal was awarded nearly 3,000 times.
Still, the math is pretty hard to accept for modern-day Black veterans. We know it was unfair, so what do we do now? asked Vietnam War Army veteran Jim Cornish of Newport News, Virginia. How do we tell what s going to happen now? I mean, you can t get it back.
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MOUNT PLEASANT, S.C., May 3, 2021 /PRNewswire/ The Congressional Medal of Honor Society regretfully announces that Ernest E. West, Medal of Honor recipient, passed away Saturday, May 1, 2021, at the age of 89.
In October 1952, during the Korean War, Private First Class West had volunteered to join a combat patrol near Sataeri, Korea, looking for an enemy outpost. West, his squad leader, and two other soldiers were scouting ahead of the main group when they were ambushed. His severely wounded squad leader kept up the fight as West moved through heavy enemy fire to reach his exposed position. West used his own body to shield the officer before placing the wounded man over his shoulder and retreating. As he did so, he continued the fight with two carbines, one in each hand. After placing his leader in the care of others, West returned under heavy hostile fire, to retrieve the two others who lay wounded and exposed in the impromptu battlefield.
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