Wednesday, May 14, 2014

Ex-G.I. Gets Medal of Honor for Lifesaving Acts in Afghanistan

President Obama on Tuesday awarded the Medal of Honor to Sgt. Kyle J. White, an Army radiotelephone operator who struggled for hours through enemy fire in Afghanistan to try to save the lives of wounded soldiers during a surprise attack by Taliban fighters.
“Today, we pay tribute to a soldier who embodies the courage of his generation, a young man who was a freshman in high school when the Twin Towers fell,” Mr. Obama said at a ceremony in the East Room of the White House.
“His journey from that day to this speaks to the story of his generation,” Mr. Obama added. The Medal of Honor is the nation’s highest military decoration.

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