A black world war 2 veteran who served in a segregated unit still has not received his service medals. New York Sen. Chuck Schumer is pressing the Amy to issue the medals.
BOISE, Idaho — Vernon Baker, a black U.S. soldier who belatedly received the Medal of Honor for his World War II battlefield valor after historians concluded he’d been wrongly denied the military’s top award because of his race, died at his home near St. Maries, Idaho. He was 90. Baker died Tuesday of complications of […]
