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Navy SEALs Petty Officers 2nd Class Matthew G. Axelson and Danny P. Dietz are being posthumously awarded the Navy Cross medal, Sept. 13, 2006. They are receiving the Navy's second highest medal for their valorous actions against the Taliban near Asadabad, Afghanistan on June 28, 2005.

NAVY CROSS MEDALS

Navy SEALs Petty Officers 2nd Class Matthew G. Axelson and Danny P. Dietz are being posthumously awarded the Navy Cross medal, Sept. 13, 2006. They are receiving the Navy's second highest medal for their valorous actions against the Taliban near Asadabad, Afghanistan on June 28, 2005.

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