Los Angels Times, Washington :
It took decades, congressional legislation and a review of thousands of war records, but two dozen veterans of World War II, Korea and Vietnam received the Medal of Honor on Tuesday from President Obama at an emotional White House ceremony.
“As one family member has said, this is long overdue,” Obama told the single largest group of Medal of Honor recipients since 1945.
The presentation came after Congress in a 2002 defense bill ordered a review of thousands of war records to determine whether Latino and Jewish veterans were denied the nation’s highest military decoration because of discrimination.
“I’m busting with pride,” said Charles Baldonado, 77, whose brother Joe R. Baldonado was among those honored posthumously.
