What Honor Looks Like

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    For heroic action in Afghanistan...
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    Marine Veteran Receives Silver Star
    Mar 19, 2016 | For actions considered heroic and courageous in the eyes of fellow Marines and the president of the United States, former Sgt. Matthew Parker was awarded the Silver Star on Friday.
     
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    Paying honor where honor is due...
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    More than 7 Decades Later, Veteran Gets Overdue Medals
    Mar 22, 2016 — More than seven decades after surviving a plane crash during World War II, a 90-year-old Missouri veteran finally has his medals.
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    House Passes Bill to Allow Female Pilots' Ashes at Arlington
    Mar 22, 2016 | WASHINGTON — The House has passed legislation to allow female World War II pilots known as WASPs to continue placing their ashes at Arlington National Cemetery.
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    Senators: Let Female WWII Pilots into Arlington Cemetery
    Feb 11, 2016 | WASHINGTON -- Two dozen U.S. senators want the Army to reverse a policy change barring female World War II pilots from having their ashes placed at Arlington National Cemetery.
     
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    Above and beyond the call of duty...
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    Deputies Save Woman Trapped in Fiery Wreck
    March 24, 2016 - Dashboard camera video captured Indian River County Deputies Robert Sunkel and Linda Nolan work frantically to rescue of Cheryl Darlene Coons.
     
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    John 15.13...
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    Marine Killed in Iraq 'Made Sure Everybody Got in the Bunker'
    Mar 26, 2016 | The commandant of the Marine Corps paid tribute to a staff sergeant killed by Islamic State rocket fire in Iraq last week, shedding new light on the circumstances surrounding the loss.
     
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    Timing must have been the hand of God...
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    Hero Cop Saves Woman Found Shot, Bound
    March 26, 2016 - Something looked odd Wednesday when an undercover Grosse Pointe Park police officer noticed a pickup parked in a weedy field on the city's east side.
     
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    Green Berets receive awards for valor in battle...
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    Green Berets honored with Silver Star and eight other valor awards
    May 6, 2016 - As the bullets rained down around him, Staff Sgt. Michael Sargent dragged a fallen Afghan soldier to safety.
     
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    http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3509692/Russian-soldier-wipes-band-ISIS-fighters-calling-airstrikes-surrounded-jihadists.html
    Brave Russian soldier wipes out band of ISIS fighters after calling in
    airstrikes on himself after being surrounded by jihadists ​


    Russian soldier died a 'hero' after directing airstrikes to his own location
    Found himself surrounded by ISIS fighters on one-man mission at Palmyra
    Decided to direct aircraft to bomb his own location, killing the ISIS militants
    Comes as Syrian forces march into the ISIS-held strategical city of Palmyra




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    Honoring the fallen...
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    Navy SEAL Killed in Iraq to Be Promoted Posthumously
    May 11, 2016 | WASHINGTON — The Navy is promoting the SEAL who was shot and killed by Islamic State militants in Iraq to the rank of chief petty officer.
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    Navy SEALs Invite Public to Honor Fallen SEAL Killed in Iraq
    May 13, 2016 | The U.S. Navy SEALs are inviting people to line the streets in the military town of Coronado on Friday to honor the special warfare operator killed in Iraq.
     
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    Big crowd turnout to honor fallen Navy Seal...
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    Crowds Line Streets to Honor US Navy SEAL Killed in Iraq
    May 14, 2016 - Crowds of supporters, including retired Navy officers and families, lined the streets of the Southern California military town of Coronado on Friday to honor the Navy SEAL shot and killed by Islamic State fighters in Iraq.
     
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    Credit where credit is due...
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    Obama Awards Officers With Medal of Valor
    May 16, 2016 - President Barack Obama awarded 13 officers with the nation's highest honor for law enforcement.
     
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    Fallen Deputy finally gets Recognition long overdue...
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    Fallen Deputy to be Recognized 130 Years Later
    May 20, 2016 - On Friday, Cheshire County Deputy Sheriff John S. Walker Sr. will join his fallen brethren whose names are listed on the N.H. Law Enforcement Officers' Memorial wall.
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    Photo of Officer Calming Student Goes Viral
    May 19, 2016 - The story of a Charlotte-Mecklenburg police officer who calmed an autistic and potentially suicidal high school student has gone viral with 700,000 likes on the department's Facebook page.
     
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    A double hero...
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    Cop Who Revived Baby Saves Man Who OD'd
    June 3, 2016 -- Three months after reviving a baby boy who had stopped breathing, Southampton Town police Officer Kristian LoRusso added another save to his law enforcement ledger — by administering Narcan to a man who had overdosed on heroin in the back seat of a car, police said Thursday.
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    Off-Duty NYPD Cop Helps Rescue Man in River
    June 2, 2016 - Three Good Samaritans, including an off-duty NYPD captain, jumped in the East River on Wednesday morning to rescue a man who had jumped in.
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    Video Shows Officers Save Suicidal Woman
    June 3, 2016 - Newly released body camera video shows the moment when Albuquerque police officers grabbed a woman as she attempted to jump off of a bridge Tuesday.
     
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    Trooper helps homeless family through rough patch...
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    Trooper Helps Homeless Family in 'Limbo'
    June 7, 2016 - Trooper Stephanie Bjorkman was tracking down witnesses when she encountered the young family at a rest stop and decided to help.
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    Last Known Living 9/11 Search Dog Dies
    June 7, 2016 - Bretagne, the last known living 9/11 search dog, died Monday in the Houston suburb of Cypress.
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    Boy Running to Honor Fallen Virginia Trooper
    June 7, 2016 - Braxton Lee, 6, who is running in honor of fallen state Trooper Chad Dermyer, will reach the end of his marathon distance at a race he is organizing.
     
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    Marine veteran helped dozens escape Orlando shooting...
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    Marine Vet Hailed as Hero for Helping Dozens Escape Orlando Shooting
    Jun 15, 2016 | A U.S. Marine Corps veteran is being recognized as a hero for helping dozens of people escape the mass shooting at an Orlando nightclub.
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    FBI Eyes Wife of Orlando Shooter as an Accomplice
    Jun 15, 2016 | The FBI is looking into whether jihadi killer Omar Mateen's wife helped him scout out Orlando's Pulse nightclub before the massacre and knew he planned to commit violence, according to published reports.
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    Did Islamic State Claim Credit for Latest Attacks Too Soon?
    Jun 15, 2016 | It took just a few hours for the Islamic State group's opportunistic propaganda machine to capitalize on the latest bloodshed in Florida and in France, with messages claiming the two attackers as its own. It may take the group longer to sort through the implications of a killer whose backstory of conflicted sexuality and heavy drinking is at odds with a carefully crafted public image of its fighters.
     
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    Two heroes get due recognition...
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    Green Beret Awarded Silver Star for Defending Fallen Comrade
    Jun 18, 2016 | The small team of Army Green Berets riding on all-terrain vehicles had just passed through the village in Afghanistan’s Wardak Province when they ran into a well-planned, enemy ambush. About 25 insurgents armed with AK-47 rifles, PKM machine guns, and RPG-7 rocket propelled grenades opened fire.
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    Deputy Helps Save Man From Fiery Wreck
    June 17, 2016 - Dallas County Deputy Paul Lee risked his life to save a man trapped inside a burning car Friday.
     
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    Long overdue...
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    Retired Army Vietnam Vet to Receive the Medal of Honor
    Jun 21, 2016 | President Obama will award retired Army Lt. Col. Charles Kettles the nation’s highest award for heroism for saving 44 American soldiers during a May 15, 1967 enemy ambush in the Vietnam War.
     
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    Officer survives being shot 7 times...
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    Wounded Pennsylvania Officer Recovering; Suspect in Custody
    June 26, 2016 - Folcroft Police Officer Christopher Dorman was shot in the face through both cheeks, in his groin, in a leg and four times in his chest Friday morning.
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    Wounded Pa. Officer Released From Hospital
    June 27, 2016 - Folcroft Officer Christopher Dorman was wheeled out of Penn Presbyterian Medical Center's emergency room Monday afternoon.
     
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    Brazilian-born U.S. Marine Gunnery Sergeant Awarded Medal for Rescue...
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    Gunnery Sergeant Awarded Medal for Rescue: 'That's What Marines Do'
    Jun 27, 2016 | A Brazilian-born U.S. Marine who came to this country as a child was awarded a medal for heroism Thursday for saving troops and civilians from a helicopter that crashed in Afghanistan last year.
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    Vietnam War Captain Recalls Trick that Faked Out Enemy
    Jun 25, 2016 | Army Capt. Paul "Buddy" Bucha faked out the enemy while leading his troops during the Vietnam War.
     
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    Giving credit where credit is due...
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    Officer Lauded for Protecting Photographer
    July 11, 2016 - Dallas Police Officer James Dylan Smith is being hailed a hero for protecting a photographer who became stranded in Dallas' West End after the first shots were fired Thursday night.
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    Woman Shielded by Officers Thanks Police
    July 11, 2016 | Shetamia Taylor -- one of two civilians injured in the attack that claimed the lives of five police officers -- recounted the terror she and her sons felt at a tearful press conference at Baylor University Medical Center on Sunday.
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    Texas Trooper, Deputy Help Deliver Baby
    July 12, 2016 - Texas State Trooper Dylan Duke was assisting Grimes County Sheriff’s Deputy Steven Siracusa in a routine traffic stop around Saturday night when they heard a dispatch that a woman was in labor at a Shell gas station.
     
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    Many feel Vietnam War Green Beret Medic Deserves Medal of Honor...
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    Green Beret Medic Could Be Next Vietnam War MOH Recipient
    Jul 14, 2016 | WASHINGTON -- The story of Green Beret Gary Michael Rose's heroism is an epic of classified warfare and a stinging media scandal, but it might soon end with a Medal of Honor.
     
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    It's nice to see positive things, Waltky. Thanks for this thread. Keep it going.
     
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    Chopper pilot finally gets his just honor...
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    Vietnam Vet Awarded Medal of Honor for Heroic Helicopter Rescue
    Jul 18, 2016 | President Barack Obama awarded America's highest military honor for valor today to a U.S. Army veteran for risking his life to save the lives of 44 fellow American soldiers a half century ago on a Vietnamese battlefield.
     
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    Hats off to Rome police...
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    Rome police cook pasta for elderly couple crying in apartment
    Monday, August 8, 2016 - For this elderly Italian couple, a visit from the police ended in a plate of spaghetti.
     
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    Giving credit where credit is due...
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    Officer Helps Boy Trying to Sell Toy for Food
    August 13, 2016 - Franklin Police Officer Steve Dunham found a 7-year-old boy Sunday afternoon in front of a CVS store at Second and Main streets trying to sell his stuffed animal.
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    Chicago Officer Helps Save Wounded Boy
    August 11, 2016 - Sgt. Bryan Topczewski responded to a call of a child shot on Monday night and found 10-year-old Tavon Tanner lying face down inside a house with blood coming from his nose and mouth.
     
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    Dying Marine Gets His Wish...
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    Marine Gets His Dying Wish: A Uniform To Be Buried In
    Aug 18, 2016 | Normand Dupras sat at the Dighton Nursing Center, amazed to hear from his granddaughter, Dona Silva, that a group of people was there to see him. "We've got a surprise for you," Silva told him Wednesday.
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    Retired Pennsylvania Marine Seeks Return of Fallen Comrades
    Aug 19, 2016 — Ed "Zimmo" Zimmerman Thursday returned from Vietnam for the third — and hopefully — last time. Zimmerman served with the U.S. Marine Corps during the Vietnam War, having spent 13 months "in country" and participating in some 26 battles during a 13-month tour in 1968-69.
     

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