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President Obama Awards Medal of Honor to Two WWI Soldiers



President Obama Awards Medal of Honor to Two WWI Soldiers

U.S President Barack Obama awards the Medal of Honor posthumously to two World War I soldiers Army Private Henry Johnson and Sergeant William Shemin in a ceremony in the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC on June 2, 2015. Sergeant Shemin's daughters Ina Bass (L) and Elsie Shemin-Roth accepted the Medal from President Obama. Photo by Pat Benic/UPI

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