Audio Slideshow: Medal of Honor Ceremony for Marine Cpl. Jason Dunham

By Joe Gromelski

Stars and Stripes

Published: January 12, 2007

Marine Cpl. Jason Dunham was posthumously awarded the nation’s highest honor for valor at a ceremony Thursday at the White House.

Dunham, who dived on a live grenade to shield his troops during an ambush in Iraq, is only the second U.S. servicemember to be given the top military honor for actions in that country, and the first Marine.

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