You are subscribed to Defense News Lead Photo for U.S. Department of Defense. This information has recently been updated, and is now available. 06/02/2015 06:51 PM CDT President Barack Obama presents the Medal of Honor for Army Sgt. William Shemin to Ina Bass, left, and Elsie Shemin-Roth, who accepted the medal on behalf of their late father, at the White House, June 2, 2015. During the ceremony, Obama also awarded the Medal of Honor posthumously to Army Pvt. Henry Johnson, saying it was "never to late to say thank you." Both soldiers were World War I veterans. 06/02/2015 06:39 PM CDT Members of the 823rd Rapid Engineer Deployable Heavy Operational Repair Squadron Engineer, known as Red Horse, prepare for takeoff on a C-17 Globemaster from Hurlburt Field, Fla., May 27, 2015. The unit deployed to support New Horizons 2015, an exercise in Honduras to improve the readiness of U.S. and partner nation civil engineers and medical professionals, and to support personnel through humanitarian assistance activities. 06/02/2015 06:39 PM CDT Command Sgt. Maj. Louis Wilson of the New York Army National Guard accepts a Medal of Honor on behalf of the late Pvt. Henry Johnson in a ceremony at the White House, June 2, 2015. Johnson, who served with the 369th Infantry Regiment, also known as the Harlem Hellfighters, received the award for heroic actions during World War I in France. Updates from the U.S. Department of Defense |
Tuesday, June 2, 2015
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