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Pentagon Recommends Medal of Honor for Living Soldier
By Michelle Ruiz - AOL News(July 1) -- The White House hasn't awarded a Medal of Honor to a living soldier since the Vietnam War, but that could soon change. U.S. military officials have recommended a veteran of the war in Afghanistan for the nation's highest honor for valor, according to media reports. The Army soldier saved the lives of about half a dozen men by running through a wall of enemy fire in an attempt to defend his squad from Taliban fighters in Afghanistan's Korengal Valley in fall 2007, according to The Washington Post. The veteran's name has not been released as a final decision is pending. U.S. ...
Medal of Honor Recipient Robert Howard Dies
By Steve Pendlebury - AOL News(Dec. 23) -- Retired Army Col. Robert L. Howard, one of America's most decorated soldiers, died in Waco, Texas, Wednesday. The Congressional Medal of Honor recipient, who was 70, had pancreatic cancer, the San Antonio Express-News reported. The Opelika, Ala., native enlisted in the Army in 1956, when he was 17. He served five tours of duty with Special Forces in Vietnam. During 54 months of combat, he was wounded 14 times and awarded eight Purple Hearts. He received the Medal of Honor for his heroism in saving his badly wounded platoon leader and rallying his troops during a 1968 mission to ...
Medal of Honor for Fallen Hero
By Caleb Howe - Politics DailyIn a private White House ceremony on June 2, the 4th Medal of Honor of the Iraq War will be posthumously awarded to Spc. Ross A. McGinnis. McGinnis is the third of four heroes profiled by combat journalist Jeff Emanuel in his The Lost Heroes of the War on Terror to receive the nation's highest honor. On December 4th, 2006, McGinnis was on patrol with a convoy, manning the .50-caliber machine gun on his HMMWV. During a surprise attack on a narrow side street, a fragmentation grenade was thrown into the vehicle. According to the official report, McGinnis yelled "Grenade" over the intercom and ...
More on the Medal of Honor
By Justin Paulette - Politics DailyThe story of Lt. Michael Murphy's award of the Medal of Honor has been previously mentioned on this site by both myself and Mark Impomeni. However, Powerline has new coverage which warrants one final posting. It includes an interview with Marcus Luttrell, the lone sailor who survived the firefight which took Lt. Murphy's life, and not only links to the White House transcript of the award proceedings, but provides a recount of the event by Herb Denenberg which captures much of the mood and happenings absent from the transcripts. ...
Medal of Honor Presented to Navy SEAL
By Mark Impomeni - Politics DailyYesterday at the White House, President Bush presented the Medal of Honor to the parents of Navy SEAL Lt. Michael Murphy. Lt. Murphy is the first recipient of the Medal of Honor for action in Afghanistan and the first Navy man to be so honored since the Vietnam War. He was killed on June 28, 2005, near Asadabad, Afghanistan. Murphy was from Patchogue, New York. ...
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