Tom Sileo speaks during an award ceremony and reception at the Polish Embassy in Washington, D.C., March 2, 2026. The event honored U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Michael H. Ollis, who was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for acts of conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty on Aug. 28, 2013. At that time, he was serving as an Infantryman with Company B, 2nd Battalion, 22nd Infantry Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division in Forward Operating Base Ghazni, during Operation Enduring Freedom. Sileo is the author of Ollis’s biography, "I Have Your Back: How an American Soldier Became an International Hero."
| Date Taken: | 03.02.2026 |
| Date Posted: | 03.03.2026 13:00 |
| Photo ID: | 9546638 |
| VIRIN: | 260302-A-VS818-1549 |
| Resolution: | 5978x3985 |
| Size: | 6.65 MB |
| Location: | WASHINGTON, US |
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