Medal of Honor Given to Living Soldier(nytimes.com)
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Medal of Honor Given to Living Soldier
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/11/world/asia/11medal.html?_r=1&hp
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The Medal of Honor has been given to quite a few living members of the service. I don't know why the author thought this was the first time.
"For his valor during that October 2007 mission, the White House announced Friday that the 25-year-old sergeant, of Hiawatha, Iowa, would become the first living service member to receive the Medal of Honor, the military’s most prestigious award, for action during any war since Vietnam."