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11-21-08, 07:34 AM
Two Marines posthumously awarded Navy Cross
The Denver Post
Updated: 11/20/2008 11:08:30 PM MST
ASAD, Iraq — Two U.S. Marines will be posthumously awarded the Navy Cross for stopping a terrorist attack on a Marine and Iraqi police outpost in Ramadi and saving dozens of lives, the Marine Corps announced Thursday.
Lance Cpl. Jordan Haerter, 19, of Sag Harbor, N.Y., and Cpl. Jonathan Yale, 21, of Burkeville, Va., were standing guard April 22 when a truck filled with 2,000 pounds of explosives barreled toward the outpost's main gate. Haerter and Yale fired at the truck. As the truck rolled to a stop, it exploded, killing the pair, demolishing a nearby mosque and house, and leaving a crater 20 feet in diameter and 5 feet deep.
Security film showed that the two Marines never flinched as they continued to fire at the truck, according to a Marine Corps investigation. Los Angeles Times
Ellie
The Denver Post
Updated: 11/20/2008 11:08:30 PM MST
ASAD, Iraq — Two U.S. Marines will be posthumously awarded the Navy Cross for stopping a terrorist attack on a Marine and Iraqi police outpost in Ramadi and saving dozens of lives, the Marine Corps announced Thursday.
Lance Cpl. Jordan Haerter, 19, of Sag Harbor, N.Y., and Cpl. Jonathan Yale, 21, of Burkeville, Va., were standing guard April 22 when a truck filled with 2,000 pounds of explosives barreled toward the outpost's main gate. Haerter and Yale fired at the truck. As the truck rolled to a stop, it exploded, killing the pair, demolishing a nearby mosque and house, and leaving a crater 20 feet in diameter and 5 feet deep.
Security film showed that the two Marines never flinched as they continued to fire at the truck, according to a Marine Corps investigation. Los Angeles Times
Ellie