U.S. Marines with 1st Combat Engineer Battalion, 1st Marine Division, prepare to deploy concertina wire along the southern border near San Ysi…
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Private First Class Ray Fairchild of Salyersville, Kentucky, was just 21 years old when he was killed during the Korean War, but his remains could not be recovered.
Private First Class John R. Bayens was killed on Nov. 22, 1943, during a battle with Japanese forces on a small island in the Pacific Ocean.
Concerns over the past year centered on quality of care and excessive wait times, but according to Deputy Secretary of Veterans Affairs Sloan Gibson, any issues facing Louisville's VA hospital in the past have been improved.
The recipients are all members of the Montford Point Marines. They received the award not only because of their service to the country but also because of the racial challenges they faced and overcame more than 70 years ago.