Medal of Honor in Iraq

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DATE : Sat, 18 Nov 2006 17:24:00 GMT
Entered in Database : 2006-11-18 17:24:00
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There have only been two medal of honor winners in Operation IraqiFreedom thusfar (despite the Iraqi War having lasted just as long as USinvolvement in WWII, when there were 464 medals awarded).  They are the3rd and 4th medals awarded since the Vietnam War.

• Paul Ray Smith (posthumous): Single-handedly fought off 100 enemyIraqi Republican Guardsmen with an M2 Browning Machine Gun andessentially saved the lives of his 16 men and the 100 wounded in thenearby aid station near Saddam Hussein International Airport.
• Jason Dunham (posthumous): Saved the lives of his fireteam as hesmothered a grenade with his head, sacrificing his life in order tostop the blast from reaching his companions.  He is the first marine toreceive the medal since 1945.

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