medal awarded to gurkha for brave afghan fight
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medal awarded to gurkha for brave afghan fightsubscribe to the press association: http:bitlyrvmvlqa gurkha who was shot by an afghan insurgent and avoided being blown up by a grenade before taking the attacker on in hand-to-hand combat is among the heroic members of the armed forces recognised in the latest round of military honourssome 117 people from all three services are included in the new operational honours listthey include acting lance corporal tuljung gurung from the royal gurkha rifles who is awarded the military cross for his gallantry and courage when he took on an insurgent who mounted an attack on the patrol base where he was on guardalcpl gurung then a rifleman was on duty when the afghan along with another insurgent mounted the attack on the patrol base near lashkar gah in the early hours of the morning in marchwhen they were challenged they opened fire and alcpl gurung was hit by a bullet on his helmet knocking him to the groundstill dazed from the blast he then saw a grenade bounce off the ceiling of the guard tower he was in and picked it up and threw it out just before it detonated knocking the 28-year-old over againalcpl gurung from nepal said: quoti realised that if i ran away it would explode i realised that i needed to do something so i rolled it awayquoti fell down on the floor there was dust everywhere it was like a stormquotbut as he got to his feet after the explosion he saw one of the attackers climbing into the tower and drew his kukri -- the traditional nepalese knife used by gurkhas -- to take him on in hand-to-hand combat eventually forcing the man to fleeothers recognised include corporal josh griffiths from the mercian regiment who receives the conspicuous gallantry cross after he battled afghan insurgents as they tore through the wall of his base he insisted on fighting on despite later discovering he had a broken backprivate ryan houston from the royal regiment of scotland is mentioned in despatches for his actions when a rogue afghan soldier turned on coalition troops during a remembrance day football match in afghanistan039s helmand provincerifleman ben taylor an army reserve with the mercian regiment is awarded the queen039s gallantry medal he was on his first tour of afghanistan when he was catapulted out of an armoured vehicle which landed in a canal and was forced to swim back to it and help his comrades who were trapped underwaterflight lieutenant christopher gent from dorset receives a queen039s commendation for bravery in the air for skilful piloting of a chinook helicopter in quotabysmal weatherquot to rescue an injured afghan soldierarmy medic lance corporal rachel hughes from essex has been honoured for her service after saving lives on three separate occasions during her first tour of duty in afghanistanlcpl hughes said: quoti feel like what me and the other medics did over there definitely made a difference i would go back over there instantlyquotnews sport and entertainment videos:http:wwwyoutubecompressassociationfollow pa on twitter:http:wwwtwittercompressassocthe press association:http:wwwpressassociationcom

obama awards clinton medal of freedom
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president obama awards the medal of freedom to president bill clinton

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the first medal of honor ever recorded
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march 4 2002: john chapman an air force combat controller along with a seal team are attempting to rescue their lost teammate you039ll watch chapman039s stunning and heroic actions as he saves the lives of his entire seal team and another 18 members of a quick-reaction force to earn america039s highest honor: the medal of honorfor more information about chapman039s heroic actions check out the book alone at dawn available here: wwwdanschillingbookscomfootage captured via cia predator dronevoice over: dan schilling authorvideo by: sputnik productionszachsputnikproductions

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