A bill to authorize the President to award the Medal of Honor posthumously to Henry Johnson, of Albany, New York, for acts of valor during World War I and to direct the Secretary of the Army to conduct a review of military service records to determine whether certain other African American World War I veterans should be awarded the Medal of Honor for actions during that war.
Directs the Secretary of the Army to review the service records of each African American World War I veteran who was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross, or the French Legion of Merit or the Croix de Guerre by the government of France, to determine whether such veteran should be awarded the Medal of Honor. Authorizes the award of the Medal of Honor to an African American World War I veteran upon the recommendation of the Secretary.
Introduced in Senate
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
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