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Sal Giunta – Frontline Club http://www.beta.frontlineclub.com Championing Independent Journalism Mon, 03 Sep 2012 13:45:00 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 Medal of Honor awarded to Korengal valley soldier http://www.beta.frontlineclub.com/medal_of_honor_awarded/ http://www.beta.frontlineclub.com/medal_of_honor_awarded/#respond Wed, 17 Nov 2010 11:44:23 +0000 http://www.beta.frontlineclub.com/dev/?p=3161 The video below describes the story of America’s first living recipient of the Medal of Honor since the Vietnam war. Staff Sgt. Sal Giunta was awarded the United States highest military honour for rescuing a captured colleague in the Korengal valley, Afghanistan.

The Sal Giunta Story from Sebastian Junger on Vimeo.

Meanwhile according to Militaryblogging.com, somebody was running a Twitter account pretending to be Sal Giunta. It appears to have been subsequently changed to "the first and best tribute page" to the soldier.

 

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