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Medal of Honor honors two WWI Black and Jewish soldiers
President Obama awarded the Medal of Honor posthumously to Sgt. William Shemin, a Jewish veteran, and Pvt. Henry Johnson, an African American soldier, for heroism in France. The moves followed decades of advocacy and a congressional exemption altering five year limits for World War I recognitions.
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