President Barack Obama awards the Medal of Honor to Elsie Shemin-Roth (C) and Ina Bass (L), accepting on behalf of their late father, Army Sergeant William Shemin, for actions while serving in France during World War I, during a ceremony in the East Room of the White House June 2, 2015 in Washington, DC. Obama awarded the medal to two war heroes whose acts went unrewarded in their lifetime, because of discrimination.

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President Barack Obama awards the Medal of Honor to Elsie Shemin-Roth (C) and Ina Bass (L), accepting on behalf of their late father, Army Sergeant William Shemin, for actions while serving in France during World War I, during a ceremony in the East Room of the White House June 2, 2015 in Washington, DC. Obama awarded the medal to two war heroes whose acts went unrewarded in their lifetime, because of discrimination.

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