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Three people sit beside each other. A woman in the middle holds a folded flag.

Flag Ceremony

Dan and Maureen Murphy, the parents of Navy Lt. Michael Murphy, sit next to Navy Sec. Donald C. Winter, right, during their son's Medal of Honor flag ceremony at the U.S. Navy Memorial, Oct. 23, 2007. Lt. Murphy, a Navy SEAL, was killed in 2005 during a firefight in Afghanistan.

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