Remembering A Remarkable Medal Of Honor Recipient

Photo: Vernon Baker, left, here with President Bill Clinton, earned a Medal of Honor for his actions during World War II. Photo from CNN

Vernon Baker Dies At 90: Medal Of Honor Recipient For WWII Battlefield Valor -- L.A. Times

The black soldier belatedly got the military's top award after a study concluded that he had been wrongly denied it because of his race.

Vernon Baker, a black U.S. soldier who belatedly received the Medal of Honor for his World War II battlefield valor after a study concluded that he had 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 from brain cancer, said Ron Hodge, owner of Hodge Funeral Home in St. Maries.

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