(Washington, DC) — Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth says 20 soldiers who received the Medal of Honor for their actions during the 1890 battle at Wounded Knee can keep their awards. The battle is now known as a massacre of Native Americans, where hundreds of Lakota men, women and children on South Dakota’s Pine Ridge Reservation were killed by U.S. soldiers. The previous administration had considered rescinding the awards. On Thursday night, Hegseth released a video saying they are “making it clear” that the soldiers who fought in the battle will keep their medals, and that “their place in history is no longer up for debate.”
Hegseth Says Soldiers Who Received Medals Of Honor For Wounded Knee Will Keep Their Awards
