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USA Today has a good read about Marine Cpl. Dakota Meyer who will receive the Medal of Honor next week. Cpl. Meyer told the USA Today reporter, "I don't think there was ever a question in my mind if I ...

President Barack Obama awards the Medal of Honor to Marine Corps Cpl. Dakota Meyer in a ceremony at the White House in 2011. (Pablo Martinez Monsivais/AP) Dakota Meyer, a Marine who was awarded the ...

Marine Cpl. Dakota Meyer earned the Medal of Honor, the highest honor given to members of the armed services, by charging five times into heavy enemy fire in Taliban-held areas in Afghanistan to aid ...