Medal of Honor
 

[url:04aee]http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/11/10/medal.honor/[/url:04aee]

[quote:04aee]In April 2004, Dunham was leading a patrol in an Iraqi town near the Syrian border when the patrol stopped a convoy of cars leaving the scene of an attack on a Marine convoy, according to military and media accounts of the action.

An occupant of one of the cars attacked Dunham and the two fought hand to hand. As they fought, Dunham yelled to fellow Marines, "No, no watch his hand." The attacker then dropped a grenade and Dunham hurled himself on top of it, using his helmet to try to blunt the force of the blast.

Still, Dunham was critically wounded in the explosion and died eight days later at Bethesda Naval Hospital in Maryland. [/quote:04aee]

Hmmm, I thought the only people to dive on grenates were the Germans.

Either way, RIP.

Wow, true hero.

R.I.P. Soldier

remember that game call medal of honor?...

RIP.

Germans dove on grenades there too. They were heroes, every last one.

i've read the book about him like 3 times, amazing story. i'm glad they finally decided to award it to him. RIP

Semper Fi

why the hell are we reading this now? this happened in april 2004.

but a true hero nonetheless.

Marine to receive Medal of Honor for Iraq heroism
POSTED: 12:38 a.m. EST, November 11, 2006


It happened in 2004 but they're giving him the MOH now....

well i dont know anything about the process of giving out medals of honor, but why couldnt they give it to him in 2004?

they have to do some investigation for every medal of honor they give out, to make sure the story's not bullshit, that the action actually warrents a MOH, ect

Also allows them to give it out on remembrance day.

true...

a true hero