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Medal Moment

President Joe Biden presents the Medal of Honor to Tamara Cashe, widow of Army Sgt. 1st Class Alwyn Cashe during a White House ceremony on Dec. 16, 2021. Cashe was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for actions of valor during Operation Iraqi Freedom while serving as a platoon sergeant with Alpha Company, 1st Battalion, 15th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Infantry Division, in Salah Ad Din province, Iraq, on Oct. 17, 2005

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