
First Black officer to lead a Special Forces team in combat to receive the Medal of Honor from Biden
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President Joe Biden is awarding U.S. Army Col. Paris Davis, the first Black officer to lead a Special Forces team in combat, with the Medal of Honor.
In a statement issued afterward, Davis, 83, said the telephone call had "prompted a wave of memories of the men and women I served with in Vietnam." He thanked his family, friends in the military and volunteers for keeping the story alive, along with Biden and military leaders.
"I think often of those fateful 19 hours on June 18, 1965, and what our team did to make sure we left no man behind on that battlefield," said Davis, who is originally from Cleveland and currently lives in Alexandria, Virginia.
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