Dakota Meyer waits with President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama at the White House before the Medal of Honor presentation ceremony. | Official White House Photo by Pete Souza
Marines Promoted Inflated Story For Medal Of Honor Winner -- McClatchy News
WASHINGTON — With Dakota Meyer standing at attention in his dress uniform, sweat glistening on his forehead under the television lights, President Barack Obama extolled the former Marine corporal for the “extraordinary actions” that had earned him the Medal of Honor, the nation’s highest award for valor.
Obama told the audience in the White House East Room on Sept. 15 that Meyer had driven into the heart of a savage ambush in eastern Afghanistan against orders. He'd killed insurgents at near-point-blank range, twice leapt from his gun turret to rescue two dozen Afghan soldiers and saved the lives of 13 U.S. service members as he fought to recover the bodies of four comrades, the president said.
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Update #1: Meyer deserved Medal of Honor, his comrades say -- McClatchy News
Update #2: White House response to questions about Dakota Meyer's Medal of Honor narrative -- McClatchy News
My Comment: This is embarrassing .... and so unnecessary. Dakota Meyer definitely deserves the Medal of Honor .... but how the White House and Defense Department prepared the President for this ceremony makes me wonder on the professionalism and competence of the staff .... and more to the point .... what other errors and miscues have they done.
On a side note .... one man who definitely deserves the Medal of Honor for the same battle that Dakota Meyer received his is Army Capt. William Swenson, but with this mess I now doubt that his actions will be recognized.
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