Network and some media users reported that the US president embarrassed and accidentally put on either a veteran or an official a medal backwards. We checked whether Biden was really mistaken during the award.

On July 5, 2022, a solemn ceremony was held in the White House, at which the US president presented four honors. After that, a short video appeared in social networks in poor quality, on which, according to Internet publications, it is shown how Joe Biden puts a medal on the neck of one of the rewarded backwards.

The recording was widely dispersed in posts both in Russian and in English. For example, on Twitter videos from verified accounts The W & J Show W/ Kenny Webster And Sebastian Gorka DRG At the time of writing this text, more than 970,000 and 47,000 views were received, respectively. In addition, there are numerous tweets in Russian (examples here, here And here), as well as notes in Telegram channels (here, here, here And here) and videos on YouTube (here, here And here). On VKontakte posts with video or screenshots and the corresponding comment on Biden's error can be found in the following publics: "Vatnik" (more than 15,000 views), "Black Square • Basic News" (159,000), “Kursk Bomond"(132 000), "Russia | Z o v | General Staff reports " (34,000), "The ax is storage" (344,000), "Accidents in Belgorod and the region" (33,000), "PE Yamal" (31 000), "Are they stupid?" (190 000) and "Business Quote" (97 000).

The news is also found outside of social networks. So, on the site "Tsargrad" she I went out Under the heading “Video of the day: Biden mixed up the veteran’s back and chest - it turned out uncomfortable, but ridiculous” (later the publication was deleted, but Remained Archival copy and Belarusian version). Also about Biden’s error was written on sites "Country.ua", "Skeptic Yua", Minval.az, "YaPlakal", E-news.su And 9111.ru. Separately, we note that the awarded is most often called simply a man or a man, but sometimes a veteran or official (here, here, here And here).

Medal of Honor - this is the highest military reward USA. It is awarded by the president on behalf of the Congress, and it is awarded only to those military personnel of the United States Armed Forces, who distinguished themselves of outstanding courage and courage, risking life in excess of official duty. There are three different versions of the medal: one for the army, one for the Air Force and one for the Navy, the Marine Corps and the Coast Guard.

On July 5, Bidden awarded the honor of four US Army soldiers who fought in Vietnam. Medal Received Senior sergeant Edward N. Kaneshiro (handed posthumously, accepted his son), a specialist of the 5th rank Dennis M. Fuji, retired major John J. Duffy and specialist of the 5th rank Dwight U. Birdwell. It is Birdwell who appears in the videos as the one to whom they put the award incorrectly.

According to press release On the White House website, Birdwell was noted for the heroism shown by him on January 31, 1968. On that day, the opponents attacked the Tangle air base, as a result, the commander of the Bördwell tank was wounded. Then he took the command to himself, moved the commander to a safe place and opened fire from the guns of the tank until the cartridges ended. Then Birdwell I got it the machine gun continued to shoot until the weapon was damaged by enemy fire and not exploded, as a result of which he was wounded in the face and body. But he refused the evacuation and headed a small group of soldiers before the arrival of reinforcements, and after that he helped evacuate the wounded. Now Birdwell is engaged in legal practice.

Since it was an official event of the White House, there are many high -resolution video recordings in the public domain - for example, in the official Twitter account president. When viewing the HD version of the viral video, it becomes obvious that Biden put the medal correctly. This moment can be seen approximately on 29th minute PBS broadcasts, the desired passage is presented below.

Source: Video from the channel PBS News Hour

In addition, online There is A lot of high -quality pictures from the event, which clearly shows that Biden put the medal on the veteran with the right side. Below Attached Photo from the official Twitter account of the US President.