President Biden awards the Medal of Honor to Ret. U.S. Army Colonel Paris Davis for his remarkable heroism during the Vietnam War.

President Biden posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor to two Civil War-era soldiers whom he lauded for defending America and the values it was founded upon. Biden, speaking from the White House, praised Pvt. Philip G. Shadrach and Pvt. George D. Wilson for an April 12, 1862, mission behind Confederate lines. “Their heroic deeds went unacknowledged for over a century, but time did not erase their valor,” Biden said. The descendants of both Shadrach and Wilson accepted the Medal of Honor from Bi

Biden awards soldiers at Medal of Honor ceremony

Biden honors two Civil War veterans posthumously