Baker , who received the Medal of Honor more than 50 years after his heroic acts , dies at 90 . He took out several machine gun nests firing on his unit in Italy . The U.S. government admitted racism was a factor in Medal of Honor decisions . Four of them had died in the war , and two others had died in the time since the war . Comment: and I did my job , '' Baker said after the 1997 ceremony .
Baker , who received the Medal of Honor more than 50 years after his heroic acts , dies at 90 . He took out several machine gun nests firing on his unit in Italy . The U.S. government admitted racism was a factor in Medal of Honor decisions . Comment: and I did my job , '' Baker said after the 1997 ceremony .