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From the better late than never category:

Vet Shocked to Learn of Medal of Honor: 'I fell to my knees'

http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/...y-knees-n36171

More than four decades later, as a way to try to correct potential acts of bias spanning three wars, President Barack Obama will bestow the Medal of Honor on the Florida man and 23 other veterans. They come after a decade-long congressionally mandated review of minorities who may have been passed over for the U.S. military's highest honor because of long-held prejudices.