Then-SSgt. Mosser’s patrol came under heavy fire while conducting a combat reconnaissance patrol under the cover of darkness to apprehend a high value target and an enemy security element. The terrain was restrictive and mountainous with large boulders and rugged terrain along the route.
The team came upon a white sport utility vehicle off to the side of the road and a red pick up truck blocking the path. Mosser’s team dismounted from their ground mobility vehicles, and immediately came under heavy machine gun fire from elevated positions cutting off forward and rear movement.
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Here are the stories of ten men who inspired us in 2009.
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Tags: 1st Lt. Colin P. Boynton, 2009 heroes, Air Force Cross, Bronze Star with Valor Device, distinguished service cross, Heroes, Lance Cpl. Brady Gustafson, medal of honor, men who inspire, Navy Cross, Sergeant First Class (SFC) Jared C. Monti, Sgt. 1st Class Jarion Halbisengibbs, Sgt. James Carter, silver star, Specialist Michael Carter, Staff Sgt. Conrad Begaye, Staff Sgt. Jeffrey Moe, Staff Sgt. Travis Atkins, Staff Sgt. Zachary J. Rhyner
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Gustafson is now looking to the future and says he is looking forward to a bright future outside of the Marine Corps.
“I took a lot of photos in Afghanistan,” said Gustafson. “I’m going to go to college in the fall and try and make a career out of it.”
Cpl. Brady Gustafson never faltered during the ambush and his heroism helped save the lives of all the Marines involved.
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Photos of Navy Cross award ceremony for Lance Cpl. Jordan Haerter, from Sag Harbor, N.Y., and Cpl. Jonathan Yale, from Burkeville, Va.
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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 their names to inspire future generations of Marines.
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“The Navy Cross means to me honor, sacrifice and loyalty,” Fonseca said. “Honor because it is my honor to wear the Navy Cross for my brothers that gave their lives in that fight. So, it’s my honor to wear their Navy Cross that honors them. A lot of men sacrificed that day. Unfortunately, some families and friends had to sacrifice their loved ones.”
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Navy Cross
October 5, 2006 Post
Eyewitness to War – Army Oral History [pdf]
MM: It seems to me that this was the fight that took place in Iraq. Historically,
I can’t find anything that compares. You can go back as far as you want in history
and look in vain for a situation where a city’s been almost depleted [...]
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Navy Cross
United States Marine Corps
Lance Cpl. Todd Corbin and the rest of his battalion commander’s personal security detachment had just finished several days of routine patrol and had returned to Hadithah Dam when they got the call.
A platoon from the battalion was taking fire on the east side of the Euphrates River, and they needed [...]
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