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    Monsoor family receives Medal of Honor

    WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, UNITED STATES

    03.14.2008

    Photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Brien Aho 

    U.S. Navy           

    U.S. Navy file photo of the Medal of Honor the certificate presented by President George W. Bush to George and Sally Monsoor Tuesday, April 8, 2008 during a ceremony in the East Room of the White House. Petty Officer 2nd Class Michael A. Monsoor was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for diving onto a grenade to save his teammates in Ar Ramadi, Iraq on Sept. 29, 2006. Monsoor also received the Silver Star for his actions in May during the same deployment in 2006 when he exposed himself to heavy enemy fire to rescue and treat an injured teammate.

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    Date Taken: 03.14.2008
    Date Posted: 06.29.2008 15:49
    Photo ID: 98421
    VIRIN: 080314-N-0000X-001
    Resolution: 3522x2993
    Size: 1.98 MB
    Location: WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, US

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