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Paying a Debt of Honor

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

Aired 02/27/1997 | Rating TV-G

Dialogue

Paying a Debt of Honor

Season 1997 Episode 2 | 24m 32sVideo has Closed Captions

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

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

Aired 02/27/1997 | Rating TV-G

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Dialogue is a local public television program presented by IdahoPTV

Major Funding Provided by the Laura Moore Cunningham Foundation

Dialogue

Paying a Debt of Honor

Season 1997 Episode 2 | 24m 32sVideo has Closed Captions

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

Aired 02/27/1997 | Rating TV-G

Problems with Closed Captions? Closed Captioning Feedback

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