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Navy Crosses Presented to Families
For additional information about the actions of these extraordinary Marines: Marines Stop Enemy Attack – Heroic Last Stand Marines Duty Valor Photos by Petty Officer 2nd Class Kevin O’Brien … Read entire article »
Filed under: Heroes, Iraq, Marines, Military, War on Terror, WOT Heroes
Marines Duty Valor
Navy Cross – posthumous (2) Those three words belong together. In the two hundred plus years that the United States Marines have served their country, the young men who served have lived up to every challenge and met every foe. Jordan Haerter and Jon Yale went out for guard duty in the morning of April 22, 2008. Before nightfall, their actions would become the stuff of Marine legend. A hundred years from now, drill sergeants will use … Read entire article »
Filed under: Heroes, Iraq, Marines, Military, War on Terror, WOT Heroes
Marines Stop Enemy Attack – Heroic Last Stand
Navy Crosses or Medals of Honor??? UPDATE: Navy Crosses 2/20/2009 It was a typical quiet morning on April 22, with the temperature intensifying as a bright orange sun emerged high from the horizon. However, this morning would be different. Quickly it would turn chaotic, then tragic. Two Marines would gallantly sacrifice their lives so others could live. Lance Cpl. Jordan Haerter, a rifleman with 1st Battalion, 9th Marine Regiment, Regimental Combat Team 1, and Cpl. Jonathan T. Yale, a rifleman with 2nd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment, RCT-1, were standing post, just as they’ve done numerous times before. It was during a standard length watch at a small checkpoint protected by concrete barriers where they overlooked a small gravel road lined with palm trees leading to their entry control point. A truck packed with thousands … Read entire article »
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