Twenty four veterans were awarded a Medal of Honor today after a Pentagon review found they were passed over the first time around because of their diverse racial and ethnic backgrounds.

You know when you get into an unfamiliar city for some stupid work thing and you're desperately trying to remember who you know who lives there? That apparently happened with 23-year-old Marine veteran Dakota Meyer, whose "stupid work thing" tomorrow is "being awarded the Medal of Honor." So he did what any…