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President Barack Obama comforts Lenora Alvarado, who accepted the Medal of Honor on behalf of her late father, Army Spc. Leonard L. Alvarado, during a ceremony at the White House, March 18, 2014. Alvarado distinguished himself by acts of gallantry and intrepidity above and beyond the call of duty while serving as a rifleman assigned to the 1st Cavalry Division's Company D, 2nd Battalion, 12th Cavalry Regiment, during combat operations against an armed enemy in Phuoc Long province, Vietnam, Aug. 12, 1969.

President Barack Obama comforts Lenora Alvarado, who accepted the Medal of Honor on behalf of her late father, Army Spc. Leonard L. Alvarado, during a ceremony at the White House, March 18, 2014. Alvarado distinguished himself by acts of gallantry and intrepidity above and beyond the call of duty while serving as a rifleman assigned to the 1st Cavalry Division's Company D, 2nd Battalion, 12th Cavalry Regiment, during combat operations against an armed enemy in Phuoc Long province, Vietnam, Aug. 12, 1969.

President Barack Obama comforts Lenora Alvarado, who accepted the Medal of Honor on behalf of her late father, Army Spc. Leonard L. Alvarado, during a ceremony at the White House, March 18, 2014. Alvarado distinguished himself by acts of gallantry and intrepidity above and beyond the call of duty while serving as a rifleman assigned to the 1st Cavalry Division's Company D, 2nd Battalion, 12th Cavalry Regiment, during combat operations against an armed enemy in Phuoc Long province, Vietnam, Aug. 12, 1969.

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