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Old 02-17-2009, 02:03 PM
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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.
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RIP Marines. May the world one day understand fully the sacrifice you made for our country.
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RIP Marines. May the world one day understand fully the sacrifice you made for our country.
It doesn't matter if the world understands the sacrifice. It matters that we know they sacrificed their lives for each other, their friends, their unit, the United States Marine Corps and their country.

Your statement, though probably well meaning can be taken out of context.
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You're right, it wasn't very well written, that's what I get for writing it so early in the morning.
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