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This 3 page paper discusses SSG Ruben Rivers, who was recommended for the Medal of Honor for his heroism in 1944, but did not receive the medal until 1997 (posthumously) . The paper argues that the delay can be traced to Rivers’ race: he is black. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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he is black. Discussion Background: Information about Rivers childhood and early life is sketchy. He was born in Tecumseh, Oklahoma in 1921, one of eleven children born to Willie and
Lillian Rivers (Ruben Rivers, 2008). Half-Cherokee and half African-American, he grew up in another small Oklahoma town, Hotulka (Ruben Rivers, 2008). He was working the family farm with his siblings
when Pearl Harbor was attached in 1941; he and two of his brothers, Robert and Dewey, joined the military (Mcdonald, 2008). Dewey was sent to New Guinea and Robert was
sent to France; Ruben "trained with 761st Tank Battalion, known as the Black Panthers, and soon after the June 1944 D-Day invasion shipped out for Europe" (Mcdonald, 2008). In the
battle for Bezange le Grande in November, 1944, Rivers performed the actions for which he would win the Medal of Honor. On November 8, 1944, the 761st was stopped from
its advance by a German roadblock; "Sergeant Rivers calmly dismounted from his tank, crawled forward with the tow cable, and carefully attached it to the trunk of the large tree
that formed the roadblock" (Wilson, 1993). He continued this operation under withering fire from the Germans and when the cable was attached, he went back to his tank and pulled
the tree out of the way (Wilson, 1993). For this action, Rivers commanding officer, Captain David J. Williams, recommended him for the Silver Star, the third highest award the U.S.
gives (Wilson, 1993). But Rivers wasnt done yet. On November 16, he was severely wounded when his tank hit a mine (Wilson, 1993). He allowed the medics to "patch" him
up, but refused to be evacuated from the combat zone and instead return to the battle (Wilson, 1993). By November 19, the wound was infected by Rivers still refused to
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