Washington D.C. - President Bush apologized Monday that the country waited decades to honor Master Sgt. Woodrow Wilson Keeble for his military valor in Korea, giving him the Medal of Honor more than 25 years after he died.
Keeble, a Sioux, is the first full blooded Native American to receive the nations highest military award. But it came almost six decades after he saved the lives of fellow soldiers. Keeble died in 1982.
"On behalf of our grateful nation, I deeply regret that this tribute comes decades too late," Bush said at the White House medal ceremony.
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