Jul 25th, 2009
When Gibson arrived on scene, he inspected the small cache of weapons retrieved from the vehicles and noticed a piece of Dunham’s Kevlar leaning against the wall of a nearby building. Once he realized what exactly he had found, he and the Marines in the area scoured the street for any scraps of the Kevlar they could find.
Five years have passed since Dunham’s selfless sacrifice to save the lives of his fellow Marines earned him the Medal of Honor and a Navy destroyer bearing his name.
Oct 12th, 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 [...]
Sep 21st, 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, [...]
Mar 20th, 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 [...]
Jan 12th, 2007
The Wellsville Daily Reporter offers extensive coverage of the Medal of Honor ceremony for Jason Dunham.
Nov 16th, 2006
Bill O’Reilly interviewed Jason Dunham’s parents on Monday.
Nov 10th, 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.
