President Biden will award the Medial of Honor to retired black Army Col. Paris Davis for his heroic service during the Vietnam War – after paperwork recommending him for the honor mysteriously 'vanished' in 1965 – and then again four years later.Biden phoned Davis, who was among the first black officers to lead Green Beret forces, on Monday to tell him of the honor and thank him for his 'remarkable heroism,' according to the .At a future White House ceremony, he will recognize Davis for his conduct when he was a 26-year-old captain. While under fire from North Vietnamese forces near Saigon, he dragged fellow fellow serviceman to safety, even after a grenade ripped through his teeth and even ripped through his trigger finger.
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