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Chad Long and Kristy Nelson, are presented with their son Dylan Nelson's medal for Citizen Service Above Self during a ceremony hosted by the Congressional Medal of Honor Foundation at Arlington National Cemetery, March 25, 2010. Nelson was presented for sacrificing his own life while saving the lives of two others in Lake Madison.

Chad Long and Kristy Nelson, are presented with their son Dylan Nelson's medal for Citizen Service Above Self during a ceremony hosted by the Congressional Medal of Honor Foundation at Arlington National Cemetery, March 25, 2010. Nelson was presented for sacrificing his own life while saving the lives of two others in Lake Madison.

Chad Long and Kristy Nelson, are presented with their son Dylan Nelson's medal for Citizen Service Above Self during a ceremony hosted by the Congressional Medal of Honor Foundation at Arlington National Cemetery, March 25, 2010. Nelson was presented for sacrificing his own life while saving the lives of two others in Lake Madison.

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