Dialogue  Paying a Debt of Honor

An interview with Medal of Honor recipient Vernon Baker from 1997. Details

 
 

Program: Dialogue

Episode: Paying a Debt of Honor

Congressional Medal of Honor recipient Vernon Baker passed away Tuesday, July 13, 2010. Baker was the only living African American WW2 veteran to receive the nation's highest honor for valor. Baker was given his award 52 years after he wiped out four German machine gun nests. In his honor, Dialogue would like to present an encore presentation Joan Cartan-Hansen's interview with Baker from 1997

Duration: (24:29)
Premiere Date: 02/27/1997
Episode Expires: Never
TV Rating: TV-G

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