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VFW Honors African-American Medal of Honor Recipients
February 08, 2020
KANSAS CITY, Missouri, Feb. 8 -- The Veterans of Foreign Wars issued the following news release:

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- A total of 39 African-American veterans have earned the Medal of Honor during VFW-qualifying actions, according to the Congressional Medal of Honor Society

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More than 3,500 service members have earned the nation's highest military decoration. But of those, only 92 have been black men, according to the Congressional Medal of Honor S . . .

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