AP Photo-World War II veteran Raymond W. Hudlow holds his Bronze Star, Purple Heart and POW medals, Monday, Feb. 5, 2001, at his home near Lynchburg, Va. His state labeled him a “mental defective” and surgically sterilized him. His nation honored him as a war hero, awarding him the Bronze Star for valor, the Purple […]
AP Photo-World War II veteran Raymond W. Hudlow holds his Bronze Star, Purple Heart and POW medals, Monday, Feb. 5, 2001, at his home near Lynchburg, Va. His state labeled him a “mental defective” and surgically sterilized him. His nation honored him as a war hero, awarding him the Bronze Star for valor, the Purple Heart and the Prisoner of War Medal for service in World War II. Now the Virginia House of Delegates has refused to apologize to Hudlow and the thousands of other Virginians, mostly teen-agers and young adults, who were sterilized under the state’s eugenics program. Photo/Andres R. Alonso