February 21, 2013 in The Dickinson Press
BISMARCK More than 150 lawmakers, veterans and state leaders said “welcome home” Thursday morning to the country’s recent Medal of Honor recipient. Continue Reading
February 11, 2013 in The Dickinson Press
WASHINGTON At the bottom of a valley in eastern Afghanistan, Army Staff Sgt. Clinton L. Romesha woke up Oct. 3, 2009, to explosions ricocheting throughout his compound. Racing out of bed to grab his machine gun, he and roughly 50 Americans were about to fight one of the bloodiest battles of the Afghan war. Continue Reading
January 11, 2013 in The Dickinson Press
WASHINGTON (AP) President Barack Obama next month will bestow the Medal of Honor on a former active duty Army staff sergeant from North Dakota for “courageous actions” in Afghanistan in 2009. Continue Reading
January 10, 2012 in Grand Forks Herald
Now, nearly four decades after his death, Shemin may finally get that medal, thanks to the tireless efforts of his daughter, whose long quest to see her father decorated also opens the door for other overlooked Jewish veterans of the Great War. Continue Reading
January 2, 2012 in Grand Forks Herald
Mike Colalillo, the last Medal of Honor recipient in Minnesota, has died. He was 86. Colalillo died Friday at a Duluth nursing home, the Dougherty Funeral Home confirmed Monday. Continue Reading
September 15, 2011 in Grand Forks Herald
President Barack Obama today bestowed the nation’s highest military honor on Dakota Meyer, a young and humble Marine who defied orders and barreled straight into a ferocious “killing zone” in Afghanistan to save 36 lives at extraordinary risk to himself. Continue Reading
September 15, 2011 in Grand Forks Herald
Dakota Meyer, 23, is the third living recipient, and the first Marine, to be awarded the Medal of Honor for actions in Iraq or Afghanistan. Continue Reading
July 12, 2011 in Grand Forks Herald
The soldier in uniform extended his prosthetic hand after losing his own in battle. And the commander in chief who sent him there reached out to clasp it. Scroll to bottom of story for video of Pres. Obama awarding the Medal of Honor to Sgt. 1st Class Leroy Arthur Petry Continue Reading
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November 16, 2010 in INFORUM
WASHINGTON Ambushed in Afghanistan, Staff Sgt. Salvatore Giunta stepped into a “wall of bullets” and chased down two Taliban fighters who were carrying his mortally wounded friend away. Continue Reading
November 16, 2010 in Grand Forks Herald
A great many things set the Medal of Honor apart. Here are two. Continue Reading
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