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Presidential Medal of Freedom 2025: Full List of Recipients
The award was established in 1963 by former President John F. Kennedy, brother of the late Robert F. Kennedy. Former President Harry S. Truman had created a similar honor, the Medal of Freedom ...
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First Black officer to earn Medal of Honor sacrificed all in Vietnam
The issuance by President Harry S. Truman of Executive Order No. 9981 ... earned both an officer’s commission and the Medal of Honor. Born in Fallis, Oklahoma, on Oct. 15, 1937, Riley Leroy ...