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World War I heroes awarded Medal of Honor

President Obama on Tuesday awarded the Medal of Honor posthumously to two veterans of World War I: Sgt. William Shemin and Private Henry Johnson. For nearly a century the men's heroic actions had been ignored due to discrimination against their race and religion. CBS News correspondent David Martin reports.
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