US EditionHegseth says Wounded Knee soldiers will keep their Medals of Honor
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth upheld Medals of Honor for 20 soldiers despite controversy over the 1890 massacre of 250-300 Lakota Sioux, citing a review panel's recommendation.
- Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced that 20 soldiers awarded the Medal of Honor for their actions at Wounded Knee will keep their medals.
- Hegseth stated that 'their place in our nation’s history is no longer up for debate.'
- A review panel ordered by Austin concluded that these soldiers should 'rightfully keep their medals from actions.'
- Historical records indicate that the U.S. Army killed an estimated 250 Native Americans, including women and children, of the Lakota Sioux tribe.
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Culpeper Star-Exponent
News & RecordWounded Knee soldiers will keep medals
WASHINGTON — Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced that he decided that the 20 soldiers who received the Medal of Honor for their actions in 1890 at Wounded Knee will keep their awards in a video posted to social media Thursday…
New Hampshire Union Leader
Native Americans condemn Pentagon move to preserve Wounded Knee medals
WASHINGTON - The National Congress of American Indians strongly condemned on Saturday a Pentagon review that decided against revoking medals awarded to U.S. soldiers at the 1890 Battle of Wounded Knee, an event which many historians consider a massacre.
State Pen stabbing, Wounded Knee, Tik Tok deal
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) — Here are this morning’s top stories for KELOLAND On the Go. General Marty Jackley is calling this week stabbings involving 6 inmates of the South Dakota State penitentiary coordinated attack. UPDATE: Jackley confirms 6 stabbed at State Pen A South Dakota lawmaker is responding to the Trump Administration's decision allowing 19 soldiers to keep their Medals of Honor for their actions at Wounded Knee. Secretary of …
Heather Cox Richardson: Hegseth Wounded Knee Order Perpetuates Sordid Politicking of Medals of Honor
Heather Cox Richardson wrote a profound history of the partisan politics that led to the 1890 Wounded Knee Massacre. The esteemed historian and political commentator draws on her 2010 book to offer this deep context to frame Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s decision to protect the Medals of Honor issued to the Seventh Cavalry soldiers who slaughtered hundreds of Lakota in that massacre as a Republican incompetent honoring Republican incompetence…
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