Congressional Medal of Honor recipient Marine Sergeant Hosea Roberson is honored at a Minnesota Twins game this week. Roberson is one of the oldest living World War II veterans at 99 years old and was given the honor of raising the colors (Marine speak for raising the flag) at Target Field in Minneapolis.
Roberson was drafted in 1943 and was amongst the first Black enlistees in the Marines. He was trained at the segregated Montford Point in North Carolina before being shipped off to the Pacific front to work in the ammunition division, eventually earning the rank of sergeant.
In 2011, Roberson, along with the other Montford Point Marines, was awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor by then President Barack Obama and given a medal that reads: “For outstanding perseverance and courage that inspired social change in the Marine Corps.” When asked what his secret to his long life is, he says, “being on the right side.”
Source: CBS News