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Dakota Meyer and nine others: what they did to receive the Medal of Honor

For going above and beyond the call of duty, Marine Sgt. Dakota Meyer was awarded Thursday the Medal of Honor, the US government鈥檚 highest military decoration. Here is a look at him and nine other men who risked their lives to protect America.

5. Army Sgt. 1st Class Jared Monti

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President Barack Obama stands with Paul and Janet Monti as he posthumously awards their son, Army Sgt. 1st. Class Jared C. Monti from Raynham, Mass., the Medal of Honor for his service in Afghanistan, on Sept. 17, 2009, during a ceremony in the East Room of the White House in Washington.

  • By Andrew Mach Contributor

Army Sgt. 1st Class Jared Monti was awarded the Medal of Honor posthumously for trying to rescue a wounded soldier from intense small-arms and rocket-propelled-grenade fire in Gowardesh, Afghanistan. He was killed during the attack in June 2006.

Obama presented Monti鈥檚 family with the award in a ceremony at the White House in September 2009. 鈥淛ared Monti did something no amount of training can instill,鈥� he said. 鈥淗is patrol leader said he鈥檇 go, but Jared said: 鈥楴o. He is my soldier; I am going to get him.'... Faced with overwhelming enemy fire, Jared could have stayed where he was, behind that wall. But that was not the kind of soldier Jared Monti was.鈥�

Monti began his military career when he enlisted in the National Guard as a high school junior.

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