Sal Giunta to receive Medal of Honor this afternoon

Last week I wrote about Iowa's Freedom Rock. Each year it's repainted--I'm thinking that Iowan Staff Sergeant Sal Giunta will be a part of next year's artwork.

This afternoon Giunta will become the first living soldier to receive the Congressional Medal of Honor since the Vietnam War.

Giunta went from working in a Subway to fighting in Afghanistan. In 2007 he showed exceptional bravery when he protected his platoon from a Taliban ambush in the Korangal Valley in an operation called Rock Avalanche.

Here's a video report on Giunta:

Warning--some profanity.


The Sal Giunta Story from Sebastian Junger on Vimeo.

Hat tip to Confederate Yankee.

Related posts:

Freedom Rock and Veterans Day
Leo K. Thorsness, Congressional Medal of Honor recipient

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