Joe Biden awards Medal of Honor to first Black Special Forces officer | USA TODAY

Joe Biden awarded a retired Army Col. Paris D. Davis the Medal of Honor for rescuing fellow soldiers despite being wounded during a mission in Vietnam.

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President Joe Biden hung the blue ribboned Medal of Honor around the neck ofretired U.S. Army Col. Paris D. Davis at a White House ceremony.

“He never lost faith, which I find astounding," Biden said. He said the day may be "the most consequential" since he became president.

“Paris, you are everything this medal means — I mean everything this medal means," Biden told Davis, who stood at attention in his military uniform. “You are everything our nation is at our best.”

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19 comments

  1. This is soooo ridiculous after 70 yrs now they want to reward 🙄 what thy was waiting for them to die so thy don’t have to give to them on camera. Thy should’ve gave to the. Much earlier as to many are still waiting for reward.

    1. At least President Biden did it. Better late than never. Trump would never have given him this medal of honor.

  2. Thank you sir for your service. May God bless you always I am proud of you and I don’t even know you.

  3. I don’t understand the need for the opening remarks. This man is a true Hero and the award is definitely decades late getting to him. Thank you sir for saving your fellow warriors and giving so much of yourself, for our FREEDOM !

  4. 🙏I wanted to thank you for your service to our country the blessing that you’re still alive to receive the Medal of Honor may God bless you sir and thank you for your service to our country it means a lot and you gave a lot may God bless you and continue to bless you and your family you deserve the honor and Leah Ward may God be with you and your family always may God bless America and everybody else😇😎😇🌬🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🙏💞🤙🎉🎉🎉🎉🎊🎆

    1. It’s called being mixed race, or “one drop rule” for those folks who don’t think there’s such a thing.

  5. Thank you sir for serving your county while also happening to be black, I’m sure you are proud to receive one of the most coveted military awards for doing your duty while just happening to be black.

  6. The bad governance has create more forum for Insecurity and financial instability, the wise ones only survive through different streams of income cause inflation isn’t due to paying employees properly.

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