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"Sergeant Meyer embodies all that is good about our nation's Corps of Marines. He is a living example of the brave young men and women whose service, fidelity and sacrifice make us so proud."
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Upon inducting Sgt. Dakota Meyer into the Pentagon Hall of Heroes on Friday, 16 September 2011, Commandant of the Marine Corps General James F. Amos remarked: "In my four decades of service wearing the Eagle, Globe and Anchor, I have never been to an induction ceremony for a living Marine Corps Medal of Honor recipient. This is indeed a momentous occasion, and one that many of us will likely never again experience in our lifetime."
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The TODAY Show on NBC - September 19, 2011
The TODAY Show's Anne Curry sits down with Medal of Honor recipient, Marine Sgt. Dakota L. Meyer, days after being awarded the nation's highest military honor by the President at the White House last Thursday. Meyer discusses the "mixed emotions" that come along with receiving the Medal of Honor.
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60 Minutes on CBS - September 18, 2011
After several requests for help from his ambushed unit were denied, Dakota Meyer took matters into his own hands, to try and save his trapped comrades in Afghanistan. His efforts earned him the Medal of Honor. David Martin reports.
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Pittsburgh Post-Gazette - September 18, 2011
As its famous recruiting pitch put it, the Marine Corps is looking for a few good men. The corps certainly found one in Sgt. Dakota Meyer. On Thursday at the White House, President Barack Obama presented this brave young American with the Medal of Honor for his exploits two years ago in a dark Afghanistan valley that had become a valley of death for his brothers-in-arms caught in an ambush. His courage during a six-hour fight against Taliban insurgents was extraordinary. Just 21 and a corporal at the time, he is credited with saving 36 comrades, American and Afghan, and killing at least eight Taliban attackers.
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NBC News - September 15, 2011
In 2009, Dakota Meyer made five death-defying forays into a heavy-fire zone in Afghanistan's Ganjgal Valley to save American and Afghan troops. On Thursday, he'll be in a friendly spot - the White House, where hell receive the Medal of Honor for his battlefield heroics. Wednesday night, the 23-year-old former Marine was far from his southern Kentucky home, sharing a beer with President Barack Obama outside the Oval Office ahead of the ceremony.
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Los Angeles Times - September 15, 2011
Dakota Meyer on Thursday will become the first living Marine to receive the Medal of Honor since the Vietnam War for his actions in saving three dozen fellow warriors in Afghanistan. Meyer will receive the coveted military award in an afternoon ceremony at the White House. In media appearances, Meyer has said that the recognition was tough, coming as a result of "the worst day of your life." On Wednesday, Meyer met privately with President Obama, who will lead the honors. The pair had a beer on a patio outside the Oval Office, the White House announced.
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CNN Newsroom - September 15, 2011
Two years ago, Dakota Meyer repeatedly ran through enemy fire to recover the bodies of fellow American troops during a firefight in Afghanistan. On Thursday, the Marine will receive the Medal of Honor from President Barack Obama at the White House -- the first living Marine to be recognized for actions in Afghanistan or Iraq. "The award honors the men who gave their lives that day, and the men who were in that fight," Meyer said, according to a Marine newsletter. "I didn't do anything more than any other Marine would. I was put in an extraordinary circumstance, and I just did my job."
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ABC News - September 15, 2011
Sgt. Dakota Meyer can cross two things off the bucket list receiving the Medal of Honor for his courageous actions in war, and now, having a beer with the president of the United States.
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CBS' The Early Show - September 15, 2011
Sgt. Dakota Meyer appeared on CBS' The Early Show this morning to discuss receiving the Medal of Honor, which President Obama will award the 23-year-old Greensburg, Ky. native at an official White House ceremony this afternoon.
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Huffington Post - September 15, 2011
President Barack Obama will bestow the medal at a White House ceremony. The two have also met privately, having a beer on a patio outside the Oval Office on Wednesday. "Over the weekend, the President's staff called Meyer in preparation for Thursday's Medal of Honor ceremony at the White House. Meyer asked the staffer if he could have a beer with the President. POTUS invited Dakota to come by the White House this afternoon," spokesman Jay Carney tweeted.
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The Virginian-Pilot - September 15, 2011
Dakota Meyer was ambling through the cafeteria of his Kentucky high school in 2006 when he came upon a recruiter for the Marines. Curious, the beefy senior struck up a conversation, but told the military man he was hoping to play college football after graduation. "Yeah that's what I would do, because there's no way you could be a Marine," the recruiter told him. Meyer walked away, the taunting words ringing in his ears. He returned five minutes later, ready to enlist. Now more than five years later, Meyer is poised today to receive the military's highest award, the Medal of Honor, lauded for charging through heavy gunfire on five death-defying trips to rescue comrades ambushed by insurgents in Afghanistan in September 2009.
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NPR Online - September 15, 2011
Dakota Meyer saved 36 lives from an ambush in Afghanistan and the former Marine will collect the nation's highest military honor at the White House on Thursday. While he is receiving the Medal of Honor, Meyer's slain comrades will be memorialized in hometown ceremonies at his request. His hero's moment was his darkest day. Meyer lost some of his best friends the morning of Sept. 8, 2009, in far-off Kunar Province. "It's hard, it's ... you know ... getting recognized for the worst day of your life, so it's... it's a really tough thing," Meyer said, struggling for words.
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San Francisco Chronicle - September 15, 2011
Dakota Meyer was ambling through the cafeteria of his Kentucky high school in 2006 when he came upon a recruiter for the Marines. Curious, the beefy senior struck up a conversation but told the military man he was hoping to play college football after graduation. "Yeah that's what I would do, because there's no way you could be a Marine," the recruiter told him. Meyer walked away, the taunting words ringing in his ears. He returned five minutes later, ready to enlist.
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Lexington (KY) Herald-Leader - September 13, 2011
Two years ago, Dakota L. Meyer had just gone through a hell he had not expected to survive. On Sept. 8, 2009, in a narrow valley in mountainous northeastern Afghanistan, Meyer, then a 21-year-old corporal in the Marine Corps, repeatedly charged through murderous enemy fire to rescue other Marines and U.S. and Afghan soldiers who had been ambushed by Taliban fighters. "I was just waiting to get killed in there. I never thought I was going to make it out alive," Meyer told the Herald-Leader.
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WTOP.com - September 11, 2011
Dakota Meyer has an unassuming style, and reservedly identifies his current occupational title as "mister." He works with his cousin in Louisville, Ky., pouring concrete. Yet, the resolute manner with which he discusses his history as a Marine Corps scout sniper sergeant leaves no doubt to anyone who would listen that he cheated assured death four times to rescue 36 soldiers from a Taliban kill-zone.
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NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams - September 7, 2011
Two years ago, Dakota Meyer was a 21-year-old Marine Corporal in Afghanistan when his unit walked into a deadly ambush.
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WLEX - September 7, 2011
Cpl. Dakota Meyer, 23-year-old gets Medal of Honor.
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USA Today - September 7, 2011
When Marine Cpl. Dakota Meyer plunged into Afghanistan's Ganjgal Valley, he was sure he wouldn't come out alive.
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WAIN FM - September 6, 2011
Dakota Meyer talks on the Lisa Clark morning show.
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San Diego Union-Tribune - August 27, 2011
Cpl. Dakota Meyer was the youngest on the team assigned to mentor Afghan security forces. Until that day, the 21-year-old Marines worst firefight had been in the video game Call of Duty.
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Associated Press - August 15, 2011
Dakota Meyer will become the first living Marine in 41 years to receive the Medal of Honor, for his actions in an Afghan firefight two years ago.
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The Houston Chronicle - August 15, 2011
An Austin Marine who went after fallen troops will receive the Medal of Honor at the White House on Sept. 15. The White House says 23-year-old Dakota Meyer and his family will attend a ceremony with President Barack Obama, making Meyer the third living recipient, and first Marine, to be given the award for actions in Iraq or Afghanistan.
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Los Angeles Times - August 12, 2011
A Marine sergeant will receive the Medal of Honor for bravery in Afghanistan from President Obama on Sept. 15, the White House announced Friday.
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CNN - August 12, 2011
President Barack Obama next month will present the Medal of Honor to the first living Marine to receive the recognition for actions in Afghanistan or Iraq, the White House announced Friday.
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Washington Post - August 12, 2011
A former Marine corporal who repeatedly braved enemy fire in attempting to rescue four comrades in Taliban-infested eastern Afghanistan has been selected to receive the Medal of Honor, the highest award given to members of the armed services, the White House announced Friday.
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Fox News - August 12, 2011
Dakota Meyer, a Marine from Green County, will receive the Medal of Honor from President Obama on Sept. 15, the White House announced Friday. He and his family will join Obama at the White House for the award presentation.
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WhiteHouse.gov - August 12, 2011
On September 15th, President Barack Obama will award Dakota Meyer, a former active duty Marine Corps Corporal, the Medal of Honor for conspicuous gallantry.
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WHAS 11 - July 21, 2011
A heavy firefight didn't stop a Green County, Kentucky native from going beyond the call of duty in Afghanistan. The man who served as a marine saved the lives of Afghan soldiers and pulled the bodies of his comrades out of the battlefield.
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Marine Corps Times - July 19, 2011
A Marine who repeatedly braved enemy fire in eastern Afghanistan attempting to find and save fellow members of his embedded training team will receive the Medal of Honor, Marine Corps Times has confirmed.
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