A woman looks down at something handed to her by a tall man. Another man stands beside her.

Medal Ceremony

At the Pentagon on April 3, 1951, Lillian “Nellie” Red Cloud, mother of the late Army Cpl. Mitchell Red Cloud Jr., is handed the Medal of Honor that her son earned for his “dauntless courage and gallant self-sacrifice” against Chinese forces in North Korea on Nov. 5, 1950.