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President Barack Obama and Army Staff Sgt. Salvatore Giunta appluad the family of a soldier who gave his life in Afghanistan during Giunta's Medal of Honor ceremony at the White House in Washington, D.C., Nov. 16, 2010. Giunta, of Hiawatha, Iowa, is the first living veteran from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan to receive the award.

A FALLEN SOLDIER'S FAMILY

President Barack Obama and Army Staff Sgt. Salvatore Giunta appluad the family of a soldier who gave his life in Afghanistan during Giunta's Medal of Honor ceremony at the White House in Washington, D.C., Nov. 16, 2010. Giunta, of Hiawatha, Iowa, is the first living veteran from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan to receive the award.

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