Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20100715:16:39:00
The recipients of the medal of honor. what can you tell us about vernon. >>ç thank you. i serve on the board of the medal of honor foundation. there are now 89 living res inyentss of the medal of our honor. our own jack jacobs, our own military affairs correspondent is one of them. they're the highest decorated veterans we have and our job on the board is to raise money and awareness. we all knew vernon baker. he was 90 years old. he wanted to fight for his country, and he had to fight his own country to get in. vernon was black and he was on the first all-black unit and he fought like few o...
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