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Monsoor Follow Up

April 14th, 2008 | Comments Off

Monsoor Follow Up

Michael Fumento was a blogger turned reporter in Iraq in 2006. He spent time with a Navy SEAL unit, the one that Michael Monsoor served in. He was at the Medal of Honor award ceremony at the White House and his thoughts can be found here. This is what reporting should be all about. Previous in series Table of contents for Michael A. MonsoorPetty Officer 2nd Class Michael A. MonsoorFive Heroes Who Gave AllPetty Officer 2nd … Read entire article »

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Petty Officer 2nd Class Michael A. Monsoor

March 17th, 2008 | Comments Off

A California-based SEAL who threw his body on a grenade to save his comrades in Iraq will posthumously receive the Medal of Honor, a Defense Department official has confirmed. Master-at-Arms 2nd Class (SEAL) Michael A. Monsoor, of Garden Grove, Calif., was holed up on the roof of a Ramadi house with three other SEALs on Sept. 29, 2006, when an insurgent grenade landed nearby. Monsoor, a 25-year old with SEAL Team 3, grabbed the grenade and clutched it to his chest. The blast killed him, but his actions, officials said at the time, saved the men on the rooftop. Monsoor will be the second member of the Navy to receive the Medal of Honor since the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan began, and the first sailor to receive it for combat in Iraq. Michael … Read entire article »

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