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Actress Brooke Shields receives the Ellis Island Medal of Honor from an Army Special Forces soldier during a ceremony on Ellis Island in New York, May 12, 2012.

Actress Brooke Shields receives the Ellis Island Medal of Honor from an Army Special Forces soldier during a ceremony on Ellis Island in New York, May 12, 2012.

Actress Brooke Shields receives the Ellis Island Medal of Honor from an Army Special Forces soldier during a ceremony on Ellis Island in New York, May 12, 2012.

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