Two sources familiar with the process confirmed to Newsweek that Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has signed off on Army Sergeant 1st Class Alwyn C. Cashe receiving the Medal of Honor, and a third source aware of the proceedings said the White House was working to set a ceremony date.
chief, has signed off on Army Sergeant 1st Class Alwyn Cashe receiving the Medal of Honor. A third source aware of the proceedings has confirmed that the White House is working to set a date for the award ceremony and that Cashe's family has been notified.
The translator and four soldiers ultimately died from their wounds as well, but the rest survived. Cashe was described as having"stayed a hero through it all." The first to formally back the nomination was then-Defense Secretary Mark Esper, who came out in support of the call in August after receiving a letter urging the move by Representatives Michael Waltz and Stephanie Murphy of Florida and Dan Crenshaw of Texas.
The announcement never came, however, and national attention toward Washington was soon consumed by the set of mass pro-Trump demonstrations that stormed the Capitol on January 6, resulting in deadly clashes as protesters sought to disrupt the confirmation of PresidentWith his Pentagon chief's approval for Cashe, it would be up to Biden to officiate the process.
Cashe's Medal of Honor citation would mark the first for a Black soldier for heroism in action since the Vietnam War in the 1960s and 1970s.bestowed the Medal of Honor upon retired Black Special Forces soldier Sergeant 1st Class Melvin Morris along with 23 other mostly Latino and Jewish servicemembers for their service in Vietnam as part of a congressionally mandated effort to correct citations overlooked due to historic discrimination.
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