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Congressional Medal of Honor recipients honor Jeffrey Michael Ross during an award ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery, Va., on March 25, 2010. Ross, who served as a Marine corporal with India Company, 3rd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, received the Citizen Service Above Self medal for rescuing a semiconscious woman from her vehicle which was sinking in a canal in Rancho Cordova, Calif.

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Congressional Medal of Honor recipients honor Jeffrey Michael Ross during an award ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery, Va., on March 25, 2010. Ross, who served as a Marine corporal with India Company, 3rd Battalion, 1st Marine Regiment, received the Citizen Service Above Self medal for rescuing a semiconscious woman from her vehicle which was sinking in a canal in Rancho Cordova, Calif.

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