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Stinky The Clown

(68,484 posts)
Fri Mar 3, 2023, 12:05 PM Mar 2023

Congressional Medal of Honor for Col Paris Davis from heroism in 1965

Listening to his actions makes my brain scream out "What took so long??" Was a 60 year wait really necessary? Thankfully Col Davis, now in his 80s, is still alive to receive it in person.

https://www.cnn.com/2023/03/03/politics/medal-of-honor-paris-davis-us-army/index.html

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Congressional Medal of Honor for Col Paris Davis from heroism in 1965 (Original Post) Stinky The Clown Mar 2023 OP
Thank you FemDemERA Mar 2023 #1
Heard on Radio NowISeetheLight Mar 2023 #2
Incredible Heroism DET Mar 2023 #3
Asked if she thought the "lost" paperwork could be related to race, she said "Yes, it could be." Stinky The Clown Mar 2023 #4

FemDemERA

(431 posts)
1. Thank you
Fri Mar 3, 2023, 04:57 PM
Mar 2023

For sharing this article. If it was shown on tv news, I missed it.

Thank you Col Davis, for your service.

And thank you to this administration and POTUS for getting this done.

NowISeetheLight

(3,991 posts)
2. Heard on Radio
Fri Mar 3, 2023, 05:01 PM
Mar 2023

I was driving in my car this morning and listening to MSNBC on Sirius. Righting an old wrong. I heard this along with the reading of the citation. Reminded me of Dorie Miller. He deserved the Medal of Honor but ended up with the Navy Cross (3rd highest medal at that time). A senator and representative both introduced bills to give him the Medal of Honor.

Navy Cross Citation:

For distinguished devotion to duty, extraordinary courage and disregard for his own personal safety during the attack on the Fleet in Pearl Harbor, Territory of Hawaii, by Japanese forces on December 7, 1941. While at the side of his Captain on the bridge, Miller, despite enemy strafing and bombing and in the face of a serious fire, assisted in moving his Captain, who had been mortally wounded, to a place of greater safety, and later manned and operated a machine gun directed at enemy Japanese attacking aircraft until ordered to leave the bridge.

DET

(1,770 posts)
3. Incredible Heroism
Fri Mar 3, 2023, 05:08 PM
Mar 2023

Apparently, his application was lost - twice. Some speculate it was because of his race. Very humble man; even his daughter wasn’t aware of the extent of his heroic actions.

Stinky The Clown

(68,484 posts)
4. Asked if she thought the "lost" paperwork could be related to race, she said "Yes, it could be."
Fri Mar 3, 2023, 08:53 PM
Mar 2023
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