Bureaucracy has a way of perpetuating injustice. A perfect, unfortunate example is the ongoing injustice that has kept the Medal of Honor nomination of retired U.S. Army Col. Paris D. Davis bouncing around the Army and the Pentagon for a half century.
Davis was one of our nation’s first black Special Forces officers. He led his unit in Vietnam at around the same time that Bloody Sunday was occurring in Selma, Alabama. Largely ignoring the social strife at home, Davis engaged in multiple valorous actions during the battle of Bong Son in Vietnam in 1965. Despite being wounded himself, Davis saved the lives of multiple soldiers and held off a numerically superior enemy force. His extraordinary heroism during the 19 hours of battle has been periodically reported on through the years.
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