An American Hero: Marine Awarded Medal of Honor

In a White House ceremony Thursday, Dakota Meyer became the first living Marine to receive the Medal of Honor for heroism in the Afghanistan and Iraq Wars.

After he found his fellow soldiers had been killed in the fighting, Meyer then retrieved their remains.

In all, Meyer saved 36 lives… those of 13 Marines and Army Soldiers along with 23 Afghan soldiers while providing cover for troops during a six-hour firefight with the Taliban.