Marine Sgt. Receives Medal of Honor for Saving 36 Lives in Afghanistan
[TheBlaze.com]
- Posted on September 15, 2011 at 6:57pm by
Madeleine Morgenstern
President Barack Obama awards the Medal of Honor to former Marine Cpl. Dakota Meyer, 23, from Greensburg, Ky,. Thursday, Sept. 15, 2011, during a White House ceremony. Meyer was in Afghanistan’s Kunar province in Sept. 2009 when he repeatedly ran through enemy fire to recover the bodies of fellow American troops. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)WASHINGTON (The Blaze/AP) — President Barack Obama on Thursday bestowed the nation’s highest military honor on Dakota Meyer, a young and humble Marine who defied orders and barreled straight into a ferocious “killing zone” in Afghanistan to save 36 lives at extraordinary risk to himself.
“You did your duty, above and beyond,” Obama told Meyer after reciting his dramatic story. Though the corporal and a fellow Marine were going against orders – commanders considered their effort too dangerous – they were doing what they thought was right, Obama said.
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