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Pentagon orders review of Medals of Honor given for Wounded Knee Massacre

The military awarded 20 men its highest honor in the 1890s for their role in the incident, where hundreds were killed or injured. Wind flutters around the peace offerings of tobacco ties that line the fence at the Wounded Knee Memorial on Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota, on Monday, October 20, 2014. (Photo by Nikki Kahn/The Washington Post via Getty Images)  The Washington Post Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin formally ordered the...

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