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Gary Gordon - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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Medal of Honor Recipients - Iraq

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Medal of Honor Recipients - Afghanistan

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The Rubens' Tube: Soundwaves in Fire!

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Michael A. Monsoor - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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U.S. Navy SEAL
an insurgent threw a grenade onto a rooftop where Monsoor and several other SEAL and Iraqi soldiers were positioned. Monsoor quickly smothered the grenade with his body, absorbing the resulting explosion and most likely saving his comrades from serious injury or death.
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- Monsoor carried 100 pounds of gear in temperatures often exceeding 100 degrees
- frequently involved in engagements
- the team reportedly killed 84 insurgents
- Monsoor ran into a street while under continuous insurgent gunfire to rescue an injured comrade.
- Civilians aiding the insurgents blocked off the streets, and a nearby mosque broadcast a message for people to fight against the Americans and the Iraqi soldiers
- Monsoor yelled "Grenade!" and jumped onto the grenade, covering it with his body
- As the coffin passed each SEAL, they slapped down the gold Trident each had removed from his own uniform and deeply embedded it into the wooden coffin. For nearly 30 minutes the slaps were audible from across the cemetery as nearly every SEAL on the west coast repeated the ceremony.
- the simple wooden coffin had become a gold-plated memorial to a hero who will never be forgotten.

Michael P. Murphy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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United States Navy SEAL
Penn State, graduating with honors
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- After college he accepted a commission in the United States Navy and became a United States Navy SEAL in July 2002.
- Murphy was accepted to several law schools, but decided to attend SEAL mentoring sessions at the United States Merchant Marine Academy
- sixteen American Special Operations Forces soldiers who where killed when their helicopter was shot down while attempting to provide support to the team
- he was protected by local villagers
- Murphy led the four-man reconnaissance team on a mission to kill or capture a top Taliban leader
- The group was dropped off by helicopter in a remote, mountainous area east of Asadabad
- After an initially successful infiltration, local goat herders stumbled upon the SEALs' hiding place
- Axelson reportedly voted to kill the Afghans
- possibly the goat herders they let pass, alerted 80 to 200 ^[8] nearby Taliban forces
- 35 Taliban soldiers had been killed
- Marcus Luttrell was the only American survivor and was eventually rescued after several days of wandering the desert and being protected by the people of an Afghanistan village.
- the most decorated Navy SEAL team in history
- to continue fighting until he died
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160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment (United States) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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attack, assault, and reconnaissance, and are usually conducted at night, at high speeds, low altitudes, and on short notice
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- consists of the Army's best-qualified aviators and support soldiers
- The Night Stalkers pioneered many of the techniques and helped develop much of the equipment now used at night by other Army aviation units

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Ross A. McGinnis - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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threw himself on a live grenade thereby saving the lives of at least four other Soldiers
McGinnis had wanted to be a Soldier since kindergarten
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- an insurgent was able to throw a grenade into McGinnis' HMMWV
- he threw his back over the grenade, absorbing the bulk of the blast
- a fragmentation grenade thrown by an insurgent fell through the gunner's hatch into the vehicle. Reacting quickly, he yelled "grenade," allowing all four members of his crew to prepare for the grenade's blast. Then, rather than leaping from the gunner's hatch to safety, Private McGinnis made the courageous decision to protect his crew

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