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Luis Fonseca
For his actions in Iraq, Luis Fonseca became the first Navy Corpsman since the Vietnam War to be awarded the Navy Cross. His wife Maria…
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Brady Gustafson
Brady Gustafson represents a fourth-generation military family. He received his award in front of his parents, older brother, both sets of grandparents and his pastor…
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Stephen Bass
During the same battle for which Stephen Bass became the first Navy SEAL to earn the Navy Cross since the invasion of Panama in 1989,…
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Dominic Esquibel
Marine Lance Corporal David Houck, one of Dominic Esquibel’s closest friends and who was involved in the fire fight that earned Esquibel the Navy Cross,…
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Brian Chontosh
Brian Chontosh graduated from the Rochester Institute of Technology, and was honored as that institution’s 2005 Outstanding Alumnus. He was made an honorary alumnus of…
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Joseph Perez
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Justin LeHew
Justin LeHew served in the Persian Gulf during Operation Desert Storm in 1991. In October 1996, he graduated Drill Instructor School at MCRD San Diego.…
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Bradley Kasal
A photograph of Bradley Kasal, taken by photographer Lucian Read, the First Sergeant blood soaked and still holding his pistol and K-Bar knife while being…
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Britt Slabinski
The mission for which Britt Slabinski initially received the Navy Cross was called the “Battle of Roberts Ridge,” named for Neil Roberts, a SEAL who…
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Aubrey McDade
As a Drill Instructor training new Marine Corps recruits, Staff Sergeant McDade’s Navy Cross was presented in formation during graduation of one of the recruit…



