JohnP
02-17-2009, 02:03 PM
Navy Cross ceremony set for Friday
Marine Corps Times
Staff report
Posted : Monday Feb 16, 2009 18:43:32 EST
Two fallen Marines will be awarded Navy Crosses on Friday by Navy Secretary Donald Winter.
Winter will present the nation’s second-highest award for valor to Lance Cpl. Jordan Haerter, of Sag Harbor, N.Y., and Cpl. Jonathan T. Yale, of Burkeville, Va., during a ceremony at the National Museum of the Marine Corps in Triangle, Va. The Marines, who died last year in Iraq, were assigned to battalions within the 2nd Marine Division, based at Camp Lejeune, N.C.
Haerter and Yale have been credited with saving more than 50 fellow Marines and Iraqi police the morning of April 22, 2008. They were standing post at an entry control point in Ramadi when a truck began speeding toward them. Haerter and Yale stepped into the truck’s path and began firing, a move that ultimately stopped the truck a few feet from their position.
The driver of the truck detonated its contents — about 2,000 pounds of explosives — leveling the entry control point and killing Haerter and Yale.
To date, 25 Navy Crosses have been awarded for exploits in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Bow your heads to these two warriors; Brothers to the end.:salute:
Marine Corps Times
Staff report
Posted : Monday Feb 16, 2009 18:43:32 EST
Two fallen Marines will be awarded Navy Crosses on Friday by Navy Secretary Donald Winter.
Winter will present the nation’s second-highest award for valor to Lance Cpl. Jordan Haerter, of Sag Harbor, N.Y., and Cpl. Jonathan T. Yale, of Burkeville, Va., during a ceremony at the National Museum of the Marine Corps in Triangle, Va. The Marines, who died last year in Iraq, were assigned to battalions within the 2nd Marine Division, based at Camp Lejeune, N.C.
Haerter and Yale have been credited with saving more than 50 fellow Marines and Iraqi police the morning of April 22, 2008. They were standing post at an entry control point in Ramadi when a truck began speeding toward them. Haerter and Yale stepped into the truck’s path and began firing, a move that ultimately stopped the truck a few feet from their position.
The driver of the truck detonated its contents — about 2,000 pounds of explosives — leveling the entry control point and killing Haerter and Yale.
To date, 25 Navy Crosses have been awarded for exploits in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Bow your heads to these two warriors; Brothers to the end.:salute: