A former North Dakota war veteran has been award the Congressional Medal of Honor today.

Master Sergeant Woodrow Wilson Keeble was honored today at a White House ceremony for his military valor.

The Medal of Honor, the nation's highest military award, comes more than 25 years after his death and almost six decades since he saved the lives of fellow soldiers in Korea.

(President Bush) "As Woody first started off, some one saw him and remarked, either he's the bravest soldier I have ever met or he's crazy. Soldiers watched in awe as Woody single handedly took out one machine gun nest and then another. When Woody was through, all 16 enemy soldiers were dead, the hill was taken and the allies won the day. Woody Keeble's act of heroism saved many American lives and earned him a permanent place in his fellow soldiers' hearts."


Keeble, a member of the Sisseton-Wahpeton Sioux tribe, is the first Sioux Indian to receive the Medal of Honor.

President Bush apologized that the country waited decades to honor Keeble for his military valor.

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