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A Navy lieutenant commander holds the Medal of Honor that President Barack Obama posthumously awarded to Army Sgt. 1st. Class Jared C. Monti, as his parents, Paul and Janet Monti, from Raynham, Mass., stand by in the East Room of the White House in Washington D.C., Sept. 17, 2009. "Jared Monti saw danger before him and he went out to meet it," Obama said in the ceremony.

A SOLDIER'S HONOR

A Navy lieutenant commander holds the Medal of Honor that President Barack Obama posthumously awarded to Army Sgt. 1st. Class Jared C. Monti, as his parents, Paul and Janet Monti, from Raynham, Mass., stand by in the East Room of the White House in Washington D.C., Sept. 17, 2009. "Jared Monti saw danger before him and he went out to meet it," Obama said in the ceremony.

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