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Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates, right, meets with family representatives of U.S. Army Master Sgt. Woodrow Keeble in the secretary's Pentagon office, March 4, 2008. President Bush posthumously awarded Keeble the Medal of Honor in White House ceremonies. Keeble, the first Sioux Indian to ever receive the nation's highest award for valor, served in the U.S. Army during World War II and the Korean conflict.

HONORING A FALLEN HERO

Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates, right, meets with family representatives of U.S. Army Master Sgt. Woodrow Keeble in the secretary's Pentagon office, March 4, 2008. President Bush posthumously awarded Keeble the Medal of Honor in White House ceremonies. Keeble, the first Sioux Indian to ever receive the nation's highest award for valor, served in the U.S. Army during World War II and the Korean conflict.

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