and on those days you can find santiago erevia at home in san antonio.e is a 68-year-old retired postal worker. he's fixing of his house, tending to the garden, going on walks with his wife were doing push-ups to stay in shape. [laughter] today we remember how 23-year-old specialist santiago erevia under bullets in vietnam gave first aid to his comrades and single-handedly destroyed for enemy bunkers. these were extraordinary americans. they are exemplary soldiers. and so i want to begin by welcoming santiago erevia to the stage further reading of the citation. >> specialist santiago erevia united states army president of the united states of america authorized by act of congress march 3, 1863 has awarded in the name of congress the medal of honor to specialist santiago erevia united states army for conspicuous gallantry at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty. the specialist santiago erevia distinguished himself by acts of gallantry above and beyond the call of duty while serving as a radio telephone operator and the company first batt

s/ santiago erevia, recibe medalla de honor "cosa que no esperaba porque hace cuarenta y cinco años quen el año pasado. se siente maravilloso". erevia puso su vida en la lnea de fuego cuando en lugar de esconderse corrio en medio de una lluvia de balas para darle de baja cuatro squadrones enemigos. otros 24 veteranos fueron reconocidos hoy, 17 de ellos hispanos. s/ randy serrano esto sucede luego de que el pentágono hiciera una revisión de militares de grupos minoritarios que calificaban para recibir la medalla de honor pero que posiblemente fueron ignorados por prejuicios y discriminación dentro de las fuerzas armadas. muchos de ellos no estn vivos para verlo, pero sus familiares recibieron el reconocimiento. richard conde lo acepta por su padre quien muri en la batalla cuando l tena apenas tres aÑos. recuerda lo que le dijeron fueron sus ltimas palabras en campos de vietnam. s/ richard conde, hijo de veterano "las palabras fueron diosito no me deja que me muera, diosito cuida mi esposa y mi dos niños." los latinos son el grupo que ms medallas de honor ha recibido relativo a su poblaci

4 santiago j. ereviaunited states army. the president of the united states of america authorized by active congress, march 3, 1863, awarded in the name of congress the medal of honor to specialist 4 santiago j. erevia, united states army. for gallantry at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty. specialist 4 santiago j. erevia distinguished himself by acts of gallantry above and beyond the call of duty while serving as a radio telephone operator in company c first battalion air mobile, 501st infantry, 101st airborne division air mobile during search and clear mission near tam ky, republic of vietnam in 1969. after breaching and insurgent perimeter, specialist 4 erevia was designated by platoon leader to render first casualties and the platoon move forward. he came under fire from four bunkers to his left front. though he could have taken cover with the rest of element, he chose a retaliatory course of action. with heavy enemy fire directed at him, he moved in full view of the hostile gunner

>> reporter: at 68, santiago erevia is well passed the age when he should be trying on an army uniformter: except this time, the president of the united states is officiating. >> this is long overdue. >> reporter: erevia is one of 24 americans who today received the medal of honor. erevia, jose rodela, and melvin morris are the only ones still living and they all served in vietnam. >> i decided to charge, close enough, i threw a grenade at the defending guy. >> reporter: in may 1969, erevia took out not one but four enemy bunkers that were raking his unit with tbier. >> and on the fourth guy he came out of the spider hole, and he was just, like, as far as you are from me. and i took him out with the m-16. >> reporter: his company commander immediately put erevia in for the medal of honor but instead, he was awarded the nation's second highest medal the distinguished service cross. >> i put it out of my mind for 44 years until president obama called me and he said, "we're going to give you the medal of honor." >> reporter: a review of army records found 24 soldiers who deserved to have

santiago j. erevia, united states army for gallantry at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty. santiago j. erevia distinguished himself above and beyond the call of duty while serving as a adio telephone operator in irst battalion air mobile, 101 airborne division near tamky republic of vietnam on may 21, 1969. specialist 4 erevia rendered first aid to several casualties and the rest of the plaptoon moved forward. he came under intense hostile fire from four bunkers. although he could have taken cover with the rest of the element, he chose a course of action. with heaven my fire directed at him, he moved in full view of the hostile gunners as he proceeded to crawl from one wounded man to the other gathering ammunition. armed with two m-16 rifles, he charged toward the enemy positions behind the suppressive fire of the two rifles. under intense fire as he continued to advance, he was near the first bumpinger. disregarding the enemy fire, he pulled the pin from a hand grenade and advanced

los sargentos santiago erevia y jose rodela. lleg >> con esto llegamos al final de esta ediciÓn.ugada se reportÓ el homicidio diez en san josÉ, ayer hablaban del noveno es el segundo en esta semana mÁs adelante cierres que se estÁn dando por este incidente. >>> claro que sÍ. >>> y tambiÉn ca dernd restaurante de comida rÁpida que es el blanco de crÍticas en esta ocasiÓn sus empleados

santiago j. erevia, united states army for gallantry at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty. santiago j. erevia distinguished himself above and beyond the call of duty while serving as a adio telephone operator in irst battalion air mobile, 101 airborne division near tamky republic of vietnam on may 21, 1969. specialist 4 erevia rendered first aid to several casualties and the rest of the plaptoon moved forward. he came under intense hostile fire from four bunkers. although he could have taken cover with the rest of the element, he chose a course of action. with heaven my fire directed at him, he moved in full view of the hostile gunners as he proceeded to crawl from one wounded man to the other gathering ammunition. armed with two m-16 rifles, he charged toward the enemy positions behind the suppressive fire of the two rifles. under intense fire as he continued to advance, he was near the first bumpinger. disregarding the enemy fire, he pulled the pin from a hand grenade and advanced

just three are still alive, vietnam veterans santiago erevia, melvin morris and jose rodela.a charged into oncoming fire to knock out four enemy bunkers, then tended to wounded soldiers. morris, a former green beret, was wounded three times recovering the body of his fatally wounded master sergeant. rodela repeatedly exposed himself to enemy fire during an 18-hour battle as he tried to check on casualties in his company. after recounting those heroic efforts, the president invited all three men on stage for a special tribute, reciting tennyson. one equal temper of heroic hearts, made weak by time and fate, but strong in will to strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield. >> santiago erevia, melving morris, jose rodela. in the thick of the fight. for your comrades and country refused to yield. on behalf of grateful nation, thank you for inspiring us with strength, will, heroic hearts. please given them a round of applause. ( applause ) the soldiers recognized today represent the largest single group of medal of honor recipients since world war two. >> ifill: the president read

and on most days you can find santiago erevia at home in san antonio.a 68-year-old retired postal worker. he's fixing up his house typically, tending to the garden, going on walks with his wife, or doing some push-ups to stay in shape. today we remember how 23-year-old specialist 4 erevia, under a hail of bullets in vietnam, gave first aid to his wounded comrades and single-handedly destroyed four enemy bunkers. these are extraordinary americans. they are exemplary soldiers. and so i want to begin by welcoming santiago erevia to the stage for the reading of the citation. >> specialist 4 santiago j.erevia, united states army. the president of the united states of america, authorized by act of congress march 3, 1863, has awarded in the name of congress the medal of honor to specialist 4 santiago j.erevia, united states army for conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at risk of his life abofr and beyond the call of duty. specialist 4 sanity yag a&e j. erevia distinguished himself by acts of gallantry and intrepidity above and beyond the call of duty while s

los sargentos santiago erevia y jose rodela. lleg >> con esto llegamos al final de esta ediciÓn., mamita!

. >> reporter: ask santiago erevia about patrick deal and the other buddies he lost in vietnam. in my memory, they'll be there, and i'll say... >> reporter: and he will see their names inscribed in black marble on the vietnam memorial. neither erevia or rodela has been to the wall, but they will go there tomorrow, wearing their medals of honor. david martin, cbs news, san antonio. >> pelley: and that's the cbs evening news for tonight. for all of us at cbs news all around the world, good night. captioning sponsored by cbs captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org limits to almost all of us during our drought. and now - kpix-5 >>> live from the cbs bay area studios. this is kpix5 news. >> it's a pot of liquid gold off limits to almost all of us during our drought and now kpix5 has learned a judge is considering if that should change. good evening, i'm elizabeth cook. >> and i'm ken bastida. ground water levels are dropping and some wells are running dry. it's being blamed on a deal the state water managers made

specialist for, santiago j. erevia. america authorized by act of congress, march 3, 1863, has awarded in the name of congress the medal of honor to specialist 4 santiago j. erevia, united states army for conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty. specialist santiago j. erevia dissensions up on 21 may 1969 while serving as a radio telephone operator in company see, first battalion air mobile 501st infantry, 101st airborne division, airmobile, doing a search and clear mission near -- in the republic of vietnam. through his heroic actions the lives of the wounded were saved and the members of the company command post for relief from a very precarious situation. his exemplary performance in the face of overwhelming danger was an inspiration to his entire company, and contributed immeasurably to the excess of the nation. specialist 4 santiago j. erevia gallantry extraordinary heroism and intrepidity at the risk of his own life above and beyond the call of duty, or in keepi

sergeant santiago erevia. sergeant first class melvin morris is being recognized for directing and leading indigenous soldiers and helping his fellow soldiers to safety even after he had been wounded. and master sergeant jose rodela disabled an enemy rocket position even while he dodged enemy fire. seven of the posthumous medals of honor will go to private pedro cano, private joe gandara served in the parachute regimen and was injured in france fighting german forces. staff sergeant salvador lora, master sergeant manuel mendoza, sergeant alfred nietzel and first lieutenant donald schwab. corporal joe baldonado's heroism was detailed in the book "disaster in korea," fought valently on hill 171, but his remains have never been found. six other korean war recipients, sergeant victor espinoza, private first class leonard kravitz. master sergeant mike pena, private first class demensio rivera and private vera as well as sergeant jack weinstein. five of the eight vietnam recipients will receive the medal of honor po

speciali specialist santiago erevia died in 199.t melvin morris risked his own safe to recover the body of his fallen team leader. from vietnam as well, jose rodela's actions prevented injuries during an attack. it starts at 3:40 p.m. eastern time. the full list of medal of honor recipients is up on jansing.msnbc.com. are you still sleeping? just wanted to check and make sure that we were on schedule. the first technology of its kind... mom and dad, i have great news. is now providing answers families need. siemens. answers. [ cellphones beeping ] ♪ [ cellphone rings ] hello? [ male announcer ] over 12,000 financial advisors. good, good. good. over $700 billion dollars in assets under care. let me just put this away. [ male announcer ] how did edward jones get so big? could you teach our kids that trick? [ male announcer ] by not acting that way. ok, last quarter... [ male announcer ] it's how edward jones makes sense of investing. ♪ >>> it's time to start taking rand paul seriously. that's the big headline in "the washington post"

santiago erevia shut down several enemy gunners and helped get the wounded to safety while also bringinghe dead back home. sergeant first class melvin morris crossed enemy lines and single handedly destroyed enemy forces attacking his battalion. he was shot three times as he raced back to friendly territory with american casualties. jose rodela dodged enemy fire for 18 hours, bringing survivors to safety, attending to the fallen and disabling an enemy rocket position. these men faced a familiar battle when they returned home, fr prejudice. served honorably in world war ii, korean war or vietnam but went unrecognized because of race or ethnicity. president obama makes things right when he awards the entire group of 24 the medal of honor. today's ceremony follows an exhaustive congressional review of whether service members of jewish, hispanic or african-american heritage were wrongly denied the honor. most members of the group passed away, still waiting. erebia, morris, rodela are the only living honorees and all three will be at the white house today. i'm joined by jack jacobs, himself a

one of the stories, for example, specialist santiago erevia.john mcfarland wrote his medal of honor recommendation in 1969. he said for years, he wondered what had happened and he suffered guilt, because he worried that he didn't do a good enough job in describing erevia's heroism. that's just one example. >> well, i'm really proud that we're finally coming around to recognizing the combat valor of these men, even though it took such a long time. but i think we also have to recognize that there are bad things that happen in combat to people that quakt their own sense of right and wrong, and often, as you say, result in a sense of guilt. this is increasingly being recognized as moral injury, and i think, it's the major sort of like the key thing that happens to people in combat. >> yeah, and you've written extensively about that moral injury. up with of the other men honored, staff sergeant melvin morris, 72 years old. he says there is no way, really, to prepare them for the emotional extremes of war, trauma for some, and moral injury. it's a vi

santiago erevia, melvin morris, jose rodela in the thick of the fight all those years ago for your comradesfused to yield. and on behalf of a grateful nation, we all want to thank you for inspiring us, then and now, with your strength, your will, and your heroic hearts. please give them a big round of applause. [ applause ] >> gentlemen, thank you. please take your seats and we'll proceed with the rest of the ceremony. >> lenora accepting on behalf of her father, leonard l. alvarado. specialist 4 leonard l. alvarado above and beyond the call of duty while serving as a rifle men with company d second battle general, first calvary division air mobile during combat operations against an armed enemy on august 12, 1969. on that day, specialist al have a dalvarado detected enemy movement and opened fire. despite his quick reaction, he and his comrades were pinned down by the special force that blocked the path to the trapped platoon. specialist 4 alvarado moved forward through the machine gunfire in order to engage the troops. a grenade exploded nearby wounding him. retaliating immediately, an en