U.S. Department of Defense

Mullen Attends Bronze Star Ceremony

U.S. Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, speaks at the Bronze Star Ceremony for Lt. Melvin S. Dry held at Memorial Hall, U.S. Naval Academy, Annapolis, Md., Feb. 25, 2008. Dry , a Navy SEAL, received the posthumous award for heroic achievement during Operation Thunderhead, a top secret mission to rescue prisoners of war in Vietnam in 1972.

U.S. Navy Rear Adm. Joseph D. Kernan, commander, Naval Special Warfare Command speaks at he Bronze Star Ceremony for Lt. Melvin S. Dry at Memorial Hall, U.S. Naval Academy, Annapolis, Md., Feb. 25, 2008.

U.S. Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, left, and Rear Adm. Joseph D. Kernan, commander, Naval Special Warfare Command, present the Bronze Star to Mr. Robert Dry on behalf of his brother, Lt. Melvin S. Dry, at the U.S. Naval Academy, Annapolis, Md., Feb. 25, 2008.

Mr. Robert Dry speaks at the Bronze Star Ceremony for his brother, Lt. Melvin S. Dry at Memorial Hall, U.S. Naval Academy, Annapolis, Md., Feb. 25, 2008.

United States Naval Academy Midshipmen attend the Bronze Star Ceremony for Lt. Melvin S. Dry held at Memorial Hall, U.S. Naval Academy, Annapolis, Md., Feb. 25, 2008.

U.S. Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, speaks at the Bronze Star Ceremony for Lt. Melvin S. Dry held at Memorial Hall, U.S. Naval Academy, Annapolis, Md., Feb. 25, 2008. Dry , a Navy SEAL, received the posthumous award for heroic achievement during Operation Thunderhead, a top secret mission to rescue prisoners of war in Vietnam in 1972.
Defense Dept. photo by U.S. Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Chad J. McNeeley