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Medal of Honor for Sioux Warrior

Posthumous award first for Sioux

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(Newser) – The first full-blooded Sioux to receive the Congressional Medal of Honor was awarded his medal 26 years after his death at a moving ceremony at the White House yesterday, reports CNN. President Bush presented the medal to family members of Army Master Sgt. Woodrow "Woody" Keeble, whose courage in World War II and Korea already earned him two Purple Hearts and a Silver and Bronze Star.

"The Sioux have a saying: 'The life of a man is a circle,'" said the president. "Today, we complete Woody's circle from an example to his men to an example for the ages." Bush said the honor should have been presented decades earlier, but that the award was held up by bureaucratic errors and missed deadlines.

A family member in the audience holds up a bird wing, at right, during ceremonies in the East Room of the White House where President Bush, presented the Medal of Honor posthumously to the family members of Master Sgt. Woodrow Wilson Keeble of the United States Army. During the final...
A family member in the audience holds up a bird wing, at right, during ceremonies in the East Room of the White House where President Bush, presented the Medal of Honor posthumously to the family members...   (Associated Press)
President Bush presents the Medal of Honor posthumously to family members of Master Sgt. Woodrow Wilson Keeble of the United States Army in the East Room at the White House. During the final allied offensive of the Korean War, Keeble risked his life to save his fellow soldiers. From left...
President Bush presents the Medal of Honor posthumously to family members of Master Sgt. Woodrow Wilson Keeble of the United States Army in the East Room at the White House. During the final allied offensive...   (Associated Press)
A member of the audience wearing traditional Native American clothing stands in front of a portrait of President George Washington during a ceremony where President Bush presented the Medal of Honor posthumously to family members of Army Master Sgt. Woodrow Wilson Keeble, in the East Room at the White House....
A member of the audience wearing traditional Native American clothing stands in front of a portrait of President George Washington during a ceremony where President Bush presented the Medal of Honor posthumously...   (Associated Press)
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