Few Medals of Honor awarded to black veterans of World Wars I and II Members of the 3rd Infantry Regiment, "The Old Guard," place flags on graves for Memorial Day at Arlington National Cemetery. (CQ Roll Call file photo) In 1986, African-American military historian Leroy Ramsey contacted me when I was a member of Congress and raised the disturbing fact that, of the 549 Medals of Honor (our nation’s highest military honor) awarded during World Wars I and II, none had been awar