Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus presents the Navy Cross to Gunnery Sgt.
Brian M. Blonder during a ceremony at the Marine Corps War Memorial in
Arlington, Va., May 10, 2011. Blonder received the second highest award
given for valor in the face of danger for his actions during an all-day
firefight against Taliban insurgents Aug. 8, 2008, during the battle of
Shewan, Afghanistan. Although he and the Marines and sailors he was
fighting alongside with were outnumbered eight to one against
insurgents, they managed to kill more than 50 insurgents and drove the
rest out of their fortified fighting positions in the Taliban infested
village in southern Farah province. Blonder, a reconnaissance Marine by
trade, was serving as platoon sergeant with a force reconnaissance
platoon attached to 2nd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment. Photo by Sgt.
Michael S. Cifuentes |
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