WASHINGTON, D.C. -- On Thursday, President Barack Obama presented the Medal of Honor to former Marine Dakota Meyer of Greensburg, Ky., according to national media.
Meyer received the honor for saving the lives some 36 Marines, U.S. soldiers and Afghanistan military personnel during an ambush by insurgents in northern Afghanistan. He was 21 years old on Sept. 9, 2009.
Meyer, 23, is the first living Marine to get the honor in nearly four decades, according to reports by McClatchy Newspapers in the Sun Herald. The Medal of Honor is the highest military recognition by the United States government. It is awarded by the president in the name of Congress.
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