Medal of Honor to be awarded en mass

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Publisher's note:  In an effort to right "potential" omissions in the awarding of our highest military honor, President Obama will award 24 US Army Veterans, who "may have been by-passed," the Congressional Medal of Honor.  All of the recipients had previously been awarded the Distinguished Service Cross, which is the second highest award.

I don't claim to be an expert in these matters, however, the idea of specifically searching for and selecting only among select groups of individuals seems to be at least as discriminatory as the initial first "potential" wrong doing.  That is to say, it appears that there was no review of Caucasian recipients of the Distinguished Service Cross during this Congressionally mandated review.  

Fox News:  WASHINGTON –  Seeking to correct potential acts of bias spanning three wars, President Obama will award the Medal of Honor to 24 Army veterans following a congressionally mandated review to ensure that eligible recipients were not bypassed due to prejudice.

The unusual mass ceremony, scheduled for March 18, will honor veterans, most of Hispanic or Jewish heritage, who had already been recognized with the Distinguished Service Cross, the nation's second-highest military award. Only three of the recipients are living.

"I never really did worry about decorations," said one of those being honored, Melvin Morris of Cocoa, Fla., who was commended for courageous actions while a staff sergeant during combat operations on Sept. 17, 1969, in the vicinity of Chi Lang, South Vietnam.

Morris, who is black, said in an interview that it never occurred to him that his race might have prevented him from receiving the Medal of Honor. He said it was a huge surprise when the Army contacted him last May about the review and then arranged for a call from Obama.

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