Ross McGinnis

Medal of Honor for Fallen Hero

In 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 ...

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