Salute To Petty Officer Second Class Michael A. Monsoor

On Sept. 29, 2006, while on a mission in Ramadi, Iraq, Monsoor and other members of a Navy SEAL sniper team were within a moment of death. An insurgent had tossed a grenade into their hideout, hitting Monsoor in the chest before bouncing to the floor.

In an instant, Monsoor was on the grenade, using his body to shield his comrades from the blast.

“He never took his eye off the grenade, his only movement was down toward it,” said a lieutenant who sustained shrapnel wounds to both legs that day. “He undoubtedly saved mine and the other SEALs’ lives, and we owe him.”

For that action, President Bush on Monday announced that Monsoor will be posthumously honored on April 8 with the the nation’s highest military honor, the Congressional Medal of Honor.

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