Awarding a Congressional Gold Medal to the 320th Barrage Balloon Battalion for their service during D-Day.
The bill awards a Congressional Gold Medal to the 320th Barrage Balloon Battalion for their extraordinary heroism and life-saving actions during the D-Day invasion. The battalion, the only segregated African-American unit to land on the beaches, deployed barrage balloons to protect Allied forces from enemy aircraft. The medal will be presented by the Speaker of the House and the President pro tempore of the Senate. The gold medal will be given to the Smithsonian Institution for display and research, with duplicates available for sale.
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