Belated Medal of Honor hero Vernon Baker dies at age 90

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BOISE, Idaho – Vernon Baker, a black U.S. soldier who belatedly received the Medal of Honor for his World War II battlefield valor after historians concluded he'd 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 of brain cancer, Benewah County coroner and funeral home owner Ron Hodge said.


Then-President Bill Clinton presented the nation's highest award for battlefield valor to Baker in 1997. He was one of just seven black soldiers to receive it and the only living recipient.


http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100715/ap_on_re_us/us_obit_baker

RIP Mr. Baker, a true American hero!
 

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