Spc. Benjamin Wickham adjusts a saddle on Bloch, a 3-year-old Percheron horse dedicated to the Military Funeral Honors-Caisson Platoon at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston, Texas, on Sept. 19, 2023. Bloch is named in honor of World War II Medal of Honor recipient Col. Orville Bloch. (Rose L.
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FORT SAM HOUSTON, Texas — Two new horses were dedicated Tuesday to the funeral honors platoon for the Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery and bestowed with the names of two soldiers who earned the Medal of Honor during World War II.
Bloch and McCall, both sleek, black-haired Percheron horses, stood mostly at attention during a dedication ceremony held in their honor near the stables at the Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston.
Afterward in the stables, they accepted carrots from the dozens of attendees from the local south Texas community.
The 3-year-old brothers are now part of a 12-horse platoon that conducts roughly one funeral service a week for veterans ranked sergeant major or higher, who were killed in action, were prisoners of war or Medal of Honor recipients, said Sgt.
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