Navy Cross medals were presented today to the families of Lance Cpl. Jordan Haerter and Cpl. Jonathan Yale, who were killed while thwarting a suicide bomber at a Marine compound in Ramadi, Iraq.Navy Cross Presented To Families Of Two Slain Marines -- L.A. Times
Navy Cross medals were presented today to the families of Lance Cpl. Jordan Haerter and Cpl. Jonathan Yale, who were killed while thwarting a suicide bomber at a Marine compound in Ramadi, Iraq.
Reporting from San Diego -- Navy Cross medals were presented Friday to the families of two Marines killed while thwarting a suicide bomber and saving the lives of dozens of Marines and Iraqis.
Lance Cpl. Jordan Haerter and Cpl. Jonathan Yale have earned "a place of legend in Marine Corps history for generations to come," Navy Secretary Donald C. Winter said at an emotional ceremony at the National Museum of the Marine Corps at Quantico, Va.
Haerter, 19, and Yale, 21, were killed April 22, 2008, while guarding a Marine and Iraqi police compound in Ramadi, Iraq.
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Haerter, 19, and Yale, 21, were killed April 22, 2008, while guarding a Marine and Iraqi police compound in Ramadi, Iraq.
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Haerter, 19, and Yale, 21, were killed April 22, 2008, while guarding a Marine and Iraqi police compound in Ramadi, Iraq.
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