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 (Navy)
Living Soldier is Nominated for Medal of Honor
JULY 01, 2010Greg Jaffe and Craig Whitlock, The Washington PostThe Pentagon has recommended that the White House consider awarding the Medal of Honor to a living soldier for the first time since the Vietnam War, according to U.S. officials.
The soldier, whose nomination must be reviewed by the White House, ran through a wall of enemy fire in Afghanistan's Korengal Valley in fall 2007 in an attempt to push back Taliban fighters who were close to overrunning his squad. U.S. military officials said his actions saved the lives of about half a dozen men.
It is possible that the White House could honor the soldier's heroism with a decoration other than the Medal of Honor, the nation's highest award for valor.
Read the Washington Post story by Greg Jaffe and Craig Whitlock: www.msnbc.msn.com/id/38032803
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