I definitely hope this one succeeds. "A campaign has been launched to see a black South African Second World War hero who blew up a Nazi ship with a homemade bomb be awarded a Victoria Cross. British generals nominated Job Maseko for a VC but his South African commanders found the idea of a black man receiving such a prestigious medal ahead of his white peers alarming. Instead, he was awarded the Military Medal - the lowest bravery honour at the time - for his 'ingenuity, determination and complete disregard of personal safety' after he sank the German ship in Tobruk harbour in 1942. Now a Somerset man, Bill Gillespie, is fighting to right what he sees as a massive injustice and has started a petition. Job used his experience as a miner before the war to make the bomb himself - out of a tin of condensed milk, a long fuse and gunpowder." www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9449773/Petition-launched-posthumously-award-Victoria-Cross-black-WWII-hero-blew-Nazi-ship.html
