FORT BENNING, Ga – Retired Sgt. 1st Class Melvin Morris, right, who earned a Medal of Honor for his valor during the Vietnam War and is one of the first African-American Green Berets, shakes hands with Maj. Gen. Gary M. Brito, commanding general of the Maneuver Center of Excellence and Fort Benning, Feb. 22 during a Black History Month observance at the National Infantry Museum.

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