{"id":1127125,"date":"2021-12-17T01:28:36","date_gmt":"2021-12-17T06:28:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1127125"},"modified":"2021-12-17T01:28:38","modified_gmt":"2021-12-17T06:28:38","slug":"medal-of-honor-recipient-alwyn-cashes-sister-he-was-green-because-he-was-army","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/medal-of-honor-recipient-alwyn-cashes-sister-he-was-green-because-he-was-army\/","title":{"rendered":"Medal of Honor Recipient Alwyn Cashe&#039;s Sister: &#039;He Was Green Because He Was Army&#039;"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fmedal-of-honor-recipient-alwyn-cashes-sister-he-was-green-because-he-was-army%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1127125&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p class=\"subheading\">Army Sgt. First Class Alwyn Cashe was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor on Thursday, becoming the first black American service member to be <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/politics\/2020\/11\/10\/senate-passes-bill-posthumously-award-sfc-alwyn-cashe-medal-honor\/\">awarded<\/a> the honor since the Vietnam War.<\/p>\n<p>His sister, Kasinal Cashe White, however, said that most of the time, she does not like to focus on his race.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cMost of the time I don\u2019t like it being said, \u2018First African American\u2019 \u2014 although I understand the significance,\u201d she told reporters during a media roundtable hosted by the Army on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m just glad that he\u2019s receiving this honor. The fact that he happens to be African American is just a side note, because actually if you want to say anything, you\u2019d say he was green, because he was Army,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>She did say that she was pleased that her 15-year-old granddaughter told her she wanted to learn about her uncle for Black History Month next February. \u201cShe kind of brought me back to reality,\u201d she said. \u201cMy brother will go down in history.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>Cashe White told Breitbart News that her brother\u2019s life showed that, in America, anything is possible:<\/p>\n<blockquote readability=\"21\">\n<p>What this award means is that this kid \u2014 this little scrawny kid, [and] I wish I had pictures because he was scrawny, he was a little scrawny kid that I took care of, I walked to school on his first day of school, you know we were poor, but if a poor kid from Oviedo, Florida, can go after his dreams and make friends and make this happen, our nation\u2019s highest honor, I can\u2019t \u2014 if there was some limitation, there should be no stopping anybody \u2014 not in this country \u2026 especially a poor black kid, if he can do it, stop the excuses, let\u2019s just do it. You know what I mean? That\u2019s what it means.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Cashe White remembered having a drink with him before he deployed that last time to Iraq. She remembered him saying about deploying with his men, \u201cI go where they go.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_14337677\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Alwyn-Cashe.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-14337677\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/Alwyn-Cashe.jpg\" alt=\"Alwyn Cashe\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Alwyn Cashe (U.S. Army)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>She told him, \u201cYou don\u2019t have to go, you could say no.\u201d He responded, \u201cWhy?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He then coaxed her into having a drink with her. He said, \u201cWell, have a drink with me and when I get back we\u2019ll have another drink.\u201d<br \/>At first, she refused because she had to go to church later, but he convinced her by saying, \u201cOh you can\u2019t drink with your baby brother?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe would play that card with us all the time,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cI had a drink with him, and I remember later telling my pastor, I don\u2019t regret that. I remember having a drink with him that day, telling him to duck, come home safe, and I was so glad that I had that drink of Crown Royale.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>On October 17, 2005, as Cashe\u2019s platoon was on a nighttime patrol in Iraq, their Bradley Fighting Vehicle hit an improvised explosive device (IED) and ignited. Cashe initially escaped the vehicle with minimal injuries, but he rushed back to the burning vehicle to pull seven of his men, not stopping even after his uniform \u2014 drenched in fuel \u2014 ignited in flames.<\/p>\n<p>He refused to be medically evacuated until his men were. When he awoke in the hospital, his first words were, \u201cHow are my boys?\u201d Cashe died from his wounds on November 8, 2005.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe was a hero. He was a beloved son and brother. A proud husband and a father of three children,\u201d&nbsp;President Joe Biden said at the Medal of Honor ceremony on Thursday at the White House.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAlwyn Cashe was a soldier\u2019s soldier. A warrior who literally walked through fire for his troops,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Cashe initially received a Silver Star, but his family, his former commander, lawmakers, and veterans from across the political spectrum pushed for it to be upgraded to the Medal of Honor.<\/p>\n<p><em>Follow Breitbart News\u2019s Kristina Wong on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/kristina_wong\">Twitter<\/a>&nbsp;or on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/kristinawongreporting\">Facebook<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Army Sgt. 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