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Jason Dunham

by Sydney J Freedberg Jr
Saturday, Jan. 13, 2007


In a White House ceremony on January 11, President Bush gave Jason Dunham's Medal of Honor to his parents, Dan and Debbie (pictured on this week's NJ cover). Dunham is the second American since 9/11, and the first marine since Vietnam, to receive the nation's highest award for bravery. He earned it by making a split-second decision to put his body between his comrades and an exploding grenade. But what made that moment possible was months of preparation.


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