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Marine Sergeant Dakota Meyer awarded Medal of Honor
By: Bill O'ReillySeptember 15, 2011
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Christian Science Monitor: At a White House ceremony Thursday, former Marine Corps Cpl. Dakota Meyer was awarded the Medal of Honor - the nation's highest military award - for disregarding orders in Afghanistan. Rather than stay at a relatively safe distance from an intense fire-fight in which fellow Marines, US Army soldiers, and Afghan soldiers had been caught in an ambush - which he had been ordered to do - Meyer went time and again into the killing zone. During the six-hour battle, he evacuated 12 of those pinned down, provided cover for another 24 to withdraw to safety, and killed at least eight Taliban fighters in the process.
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