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Stars and Stripes | Trump to award Medal of Honor to Green Beret for heroics in 2008 Afghanistan fight
Army Sgt. Matthew O. Williams forded an ice-cold, waist-deep river and fought his way up a jagged, frozen mountain cliff to reach his wounded comrades as their mission to kill or capture a terrorist leader entrenched deep in the Afghan mountains fell apart.
Williams continuously braved insurgent rocket-propelled-grenade, sniper and machine gun fire, evacuated casualties and established a critical fire position that allowed the entire team to escape alive. For his actions that day, Williams — now a master sergeant — will receive the Medal of Honor on Oct. 30 from President Donald Trump in a White House ceremony, Trump’s administration announced Thursday.. |
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