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For a Medal of Honor Recipient, the road from the battlefield to the White House is never straightforward. But what’s it really like to get that phone call? We asked Recipients to share the stories they’ve rarely told: How did they find out they would receive our nation’s highest distinction for valor in combat? Who did they tell first? And once the ceremony was over, where did they choose to keep the Medal itself? Listen to a new episode of the Mission Inspire podcast: https://bit.ly/3IH3xCR |

Today we remember World War I Medal of Honor recipient Pvt. Robert L. Blackwell. His Medal of Honor citation reads: "When his platoon was almost surrounded by the enemy and his platoon commander asked for volunteers to carry a message calling for reinforcements, Pvt. Blackwell volunteered for this mission, well knowing the extreme danger connected with it. In attempting to get through the heavy shell and machine-gun fire this gallant soldier was killed." Blackwell is buried at Somme American Cem