(2 Jun 2015) RESTRICTION SUMMARY: AP CLIENTS ONLY

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Washington - 2 June 2015
1. President Barack Obama walks into ceremony
2. SOUNDBITE: (English) President Barack Obama:
"Today, America honors two of her sons who served in World War I, nearly a century ago. These two soldiers were roughly the same age, dropped into the battlefields of France at roughly the same time. They both risked their own lives to save the lives of others. They both left us decades ago before we could give them the full recognition they deserve. But it's never too late to say, 'Thank you.'"
3. Wide of audience
4. SOUNDBITE: (English) President Barack Obama:
"We can't change what happened to too many soldiers like him (Pvt. Henry Johnson) who went uncelebrated because our nation judged them by the color of their skin and not the content of their character but we can do our best to make it right."
5. Various of Obama presenting Medal of Honor to New York Army National Guard Command Sgt. Maj. Louis E. Wilson on behalf of the belated Pvt. Henry Johnson
6. SOUNDBITE: (English) President Barack Obama:
"Today we present America's highest military declaration, the medal of honor to Pvt Henry Johnson and Sgt. William Shemin."
7. Various of Sgt. William Shemin's daughters, Elsie and Ina, accepting medal on his behalf
8. SOUNDBITE: (English) President Barack Obama:
"It has taken a long time for Henry Johnson William Shemin to receive the recognition they deserve. And there are surely others whose heroism is unacknowledged and uncelebrated. So we have work to do as a nation to make sure that all of our heroes stories our told."
9. Obama leaves ceremony
STORYLINE:
President Barack Obama is awarding the Medal of Honor to two World War I U.S. Army soldiers who may have been denied the top military honor in the past due to discrimination.
Correcting a long ago wrong, Obama posthumously recognized Sgt. William Shemin, a Jewish soldier, and Pvt. Henry Johnson, an African American serviceman, for their heroism nearly a century ago.
Obama says "they both risked their own lives to save the lives of others." And he adds: "It's never too late to say thank you."
Shemin's two daughters, Elsie and Ina, received the award on behalf of their father. New York National Guard Command Sgt. Maj. Louis Wilson accepted the medal on Johnson's behalf.
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