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November 15, 2006

MARINE CORPS MEDAL OF HONOR

CATAGORIES: MILITARY, SEMPER FI — Yarbz @ 6:09 pm

Marine to Receive Medal of Honor

QUANTICO, Va. - A Marine corporal who died shielding men in his care
from a bursting grenade will receive Americaâ€™s highest military decoration,
President Bush said Friday.

Actions by Cpl. Jason L. Dunham, who would have turned 25 today, merit
the Medal of Honor, Bush said at the National Museum of the Marine
Corps dedication ceremony, which coincided with the 231st Marine Corps
anniversary.

On April 14, 2004, in Iraq near the Syrian border, the corporal used his
helmet and his body to smother an exploding Mills bomb let loose by a
raging insurgent whom Dunham and two other Marines had tried to subdue.

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2 Responses to “MARINE CORPS MEDAL OF HONOR”

MachinistScott says:

November 16, 2006 at 11:02 pm

Sad.
Self-less act of bravery indeed!

Semper Fi Cpl. Dunham
RIP
Yarbz says:

November 17, 2006 at 7:07 am

Marines, and members of the other services, have been doing these things for hundreds of years.

RIP.