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President Barack Obama awards the Medal of Honor to MArine Corps Cpl. Dakota Meyer, 23, in a ceremony in the East Room of the White House in Washington on Thursday, September 15, 2011.
Friday, Sep. 16, 2011

Open quoteFor a man to charge into fire once requires grit that is instinctive in few men ... to go in a fourth time is to know you will die; to go in a fifth time is beyond comprehension.Close quote

  • BING WEST,
  • author of The Wrong War, in which he describes the actions of U.S. Marine Dakota Meyer, who was awarded the Medal of Honor Sept. 15 for charging into an enemy ambush five times and saving 38 Marines and soldiers
Photo: Pablo Martinez Monsivais / AP | Source: The Wrong War