Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has directed a five-person panel to review the 20 Medal of Honors that the Army awarded to soldiers for their actions at the Battle of Wounded Knee in South Dakota on Dec. 29, 1890. A senior defense official said that the goal is “to ensure no soldier was recognized for conduct that did not merit recognition under the standards applicable at that time,” such as attacking noncombatants and those who have surrendered, or the murder or rape of a prisoner. The events of Wounded Knee took place along a creek that lends its name to the...

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