Dakota Meyer, A Marine Who Disregarded Orders, Is Awarded Medal of Honor -- Christian Science Monitor
Dakota Meyer, a former Marine Corps corporal, was awarded the Medal of Honor for saving the lives of 36 US and Afghan troops pinned down in a Taliban ambush in Afghanistan in 2009.
At a White House ceremony Thursday, former Marine Corps Cpl. Dakota Meyer was awarded the Medal of Honor – the nation’s highest military award – for disregarding orders in Afghanistan.
Rather than stay at a relatively safe distance from an intense fire-fight in which fellow Marines, US Army soldiers, and Afghan soldiers had been caught in an ambush – which he had been ordered to do – Meyer went time and again into the killing zone. During the six-hour battle, he evacuated 12 of those pinned down, provided cover for another 24 to withdraw to safety, and killed at least eight Taliban fighters in the process.
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Medal of Honor -- US Department of Defense
The Congressional Medal of Honor Society -- CMOH Society
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Retired Sgt. Dakota Meyer is first living Marine to receive Medal of Honor since Vietnam War -- New York Daily News
Marine Sgt. Dakota Meyer receives Medal of Honor -- Washington Post
Marine is awarded rare Medal of Honor at White House -- L.A. Times
Obama awards Medal of Honor to Kentucky Marine -- L.A. Times
Obama Presents Medal of Honor to Iraq, Afghanistan War Veteran -- Voice of America
Top Medal for Marine Who Saved Many Lives -- New York Times
Dakota Meyer, a Marine who disregarded orders, is awarded Medal of Honor -- Christian Science Monitor
Obama praises honor, courage of newest Medal of Honor recipient -- Stars and Stripes
Marine who saved 3 dozen lives receives Medal of Honor -- Miami Herald/McClatchy News
For A Marine Hero, A Medal Of Honor -- NPR
Marine receives Medal of Honor at White House -- CNN
Obama honors Afghan war hero marine -- AFP
Dakota Meyer, Medal of Honor recipient, meets with President Obama -- Politico
Defying orders, hero Marine saved other troops -- AJC
Even among Medal of Honor winners, Marine Cpl. Dakota Meyer stands above and beyond -- New York Daily News
Marine awarded Medal of Honor believed he would die -- Reuters
Medal of Honor winner Dakota Meyer on "60 Minutes" -- CBS News
Marine's Actions in Afghanistan Earn Medal of Honor, Become Stuff of Folklore -- PBS Newshour
America's newest hero, Sgt. Dakota Meyer: How he rescued 36 guys under fire -- L.A. Times
The Afghan Rescue Mission Behind Today's Medal of Honor -- Bing West, Wall street Journal
The Medal of Honor, and what ‘leadership’ really means -- Jena McGregor, Washington Post
Dakota Meyer’s Medal -- Amy Davidson, New Yorker
Dakota Meyer and a grateful nation -- L.A. Times editorial
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