Chuck Simmins | October 12, 2007 |
I’ve done some rearranging of categories to put all the posts directly related to the three Medal of Honor winners in the War on Terror into one category. WOT-Medal of Honor
Citations:
*DUNHAM, JASON L.
Rank and Organization: Corporal, United States Marine Corps
For conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his life above and beyond the [...]
Chuck Simmins | September 21, 2007 |
Dan and Deb Dunham, of Scio, N.Y., read their son’s memorial following the barracks dedication in honor of Cpl. Jason L. Dunham at Naval Submarine Base King’s Bay. Dunham was mortally wounded by a grenade during an encounter with insurgents in Iraq in April, 2004, and posthumously received the Medal of Honor on Jan. 11, [...]
Chuck Simmins | March 20, 2007 |
R News
A Navy Destroyer will bear the name of the Allegany County Marine killed in Iraq two years ago.
The Navy’s newest Guided Missile Destroyer, DDG-109 will be named the USS JASON DUNHAM.
Dunham is the Marine Corporal from Scio who died battling insurgents in Iraq in April, 2004. Dunham dove on a grenade and saved the [...]
Chuck Simmins | January 12, 2007 |
The Wellsville Daily Reporter offers extensive coverage of the Medal of Honor ceremony for Jason Dunham.
Chuck Simmins | December 23, 2006 |
More about Jason Dunham’s heroics
Chuck Simmins | November 16, 2006 |
Bill O’Reilly interviewed Jason Dunham’s parents on Monday.
Chuck Simmins | November 10, 2006 |
A young man from Scio New York is about to be honored with America’s highest military honor. I have written about this brave Marine many times. When I read this, I cried.
Chuck Simmins | June 2, 2006 |
The gift of life Cpl. Jason L. Dunham gave to his fellow soldiers in April 2004 will be recognized when a plaque is unveiled Friday which officially changes the name of the Scio post office to the Cpl. Jason L. Dunham Memorial Post Office.
Chuck Simmins | May 28, 2006 |
Reprinted from May 26, 2004. NY Daily News
A New Yorker who died saving two other Marines by covering an Iraqi grenade with his helmet and blunting the blast with his body has been nominated for a Congressional Medal of Honor.
Cpl. Jason Dunham was commanding a checkpoint near Karbala on April 14 when a black-clad Iraqi [...]
Chuck Simmins | March 16, 2006 |
Hornell Evening Tribune
ROCHESTER - History was changed Tuesday in a quiet VIP room at the Rochester International Airport when President George W. Bush signed a bill to rename the Scio post office in honor of Marine Cpl. Jason Dunham.
It was a “secret, secret,” to everyone involved, but the likelihood the event would take place in [...]
Chuck Simmins | July 1, 2004 |
This was posted in my comments:The Scio Free Library is located in the small (approx 1914) hometown of Cpl. Jason L. Dunham. It is in the process of building a new library that, though not completed, should be ready to move into late October 2004. The board of the Scio Free Library has voted unanimously [...]
Chuck | May 26, 2004 |
NY Daily NewsA New Yorker who died saving two other Marines by covering an Iraqi grenade with his helmet and blunting the blast with his body has been nominated for a Congressional Medal of Honor.
Cpl. Jason Dunham was commanding a checkpoint near Karbala on April 14 when a black-clad Iraqi leaped out of a car [...]
