Obama to Award Medal of Honor to Living Soldier for First Time
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President Barack Obama will award the Medal of Honor, the nation’s highest military decoration, for the first time to a living service member from the Iraq and Afghanistan wars, the White House announced today.
U.S. Army Staff Sergeant Salvatore Giunta will be awarded the medal for “acts of gallantry at the risk of his life” during fighting in Afghanistan on Oct. 25, 2007. Obama called Giunta today to tell him of the award.