accepted by a number of colleges. At least 16 companies pulled commercials from the show in the wake of Hogg's criticism.

He also called for a boycott of Blackrock and Vanguard Group, a pair of investment firms with indirect stakes in gun companies, in April.

ABC News' Amanda Maile contributed to this report.WASHINGTON–In May, 1969, Specialist Santiago Erevia found himself on a hillside in Vietnam, far from his hometown of Nordheim, Texas.

An Army radio operator, he and his unit were under fire from Vietnamese forces huddled in four nearby bunkers. Gathering two rifles and grenades from wounded comrades, Erevia beat back the attack and made sure his unit could safely escape.

It was an act worthy of the nation’s highest military award, the Congressional Medal of Honor. But it’s taken more than four decades for Erevia and 23 other Army veterans to get the recognition they deserve.

Today the White House announced it will award the medals to these veterans, thanks to a congressional effort to recognize soldiers who deserve the honor but who haven’t gotten it due to past prejudice.

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