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14 hours ago · Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has ordered a Pentagon board to review Medal of Honor awards for troops who participated in the 1890 Wounded Knee massacre, where Native American women and children ...
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2 days ago · Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin directed the Pentagon to review the 20 Medals of Honor awarded to U.S. troops for their actions at Wounded Knee in 1890, when soldiers killed and injured between 350 ...
1 day ago · Updated 1:26 PM PDT, July 24, 2024. WASHINGTON (AP) — The Defense Department will review the Medals of Honor that were given to 20 U.S. soldiers for their actions in the 1890 battle at Wounded Knee to make sure their conduct merits such an honorable award. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin ordered the review by a special panel of experts after ...
2 days ago · LOLITA C. BALDOR. July 24, 2024 at 4:48 PM. WASHINGTON (AP) — The Defense Department will review the Medals of Honor that were given to 20 U.S. soldiers for their actions in the 1890 battle at ...
1 day ago · Wed, July 24, 2024, 7:44 PM EDT · 3 min read. 1. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin. directed the Pentagon to review the 20 Medals of Honor awarded to U.S. troops for their actions at Wounded Knee in ...
2 days ago · Only the president can order a Medal of Honor rescinded. The Wounded Knee massacre saw soldiers from the Army’s 7th Cavalry kill or injure some 350 to 375 Lakota — mostly unarmed men, women ...
1 day ago · The Wounded Knee massacre occurred in December 1890, during a period in which the U.S. military was regularly fighting Native American groups in the Midwest and the Great Plains regions. when the 7th U.S. Cavalry Regiment shot and killed more than 300 Lakota men, women, and children. At the time, the incident was viewed as a battle, and 20 of ...
