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Fact Sheet: President Bush Dedicates the National Museum of the Marine
Corps and Announces He Will Award Corporal Jason Dunham the Medal of Honor
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For Immediate Release
Office of the Press Secretary
November 10, 2006

Fact Sheet: President Bush Dedicates the National Museum of the Marine
Corps and Announces He Will Award Corporal Jason Dunham the Medal of Honor


˙˙˙˙˙ President Bush Attends Dedication of the National Museum of the
Marine Corps ˙˙˙˙˙ In Focus: Veterans

Today, At The Dedication Of The National Museum Of The Marine Corps,
President Bush Announced He Will Award The Medal Of Honor (Posthumous) To
Corporal Jason Dunham.
  ū On April 14, 2004, Corporal Dunham Heroically Saved The Lives Of Two Of
    His Fellow Marines By Jumping On A Grenade During An Ambush In The Town
    Of Karabilah. When a nearby Marine convoy was ambushed, Corporal Dunham
    led his squad to the site of the attack, where he and his men stopped a
    convoy of cars trying to make an escape. As he moved to search one of
    the vehicles, an insurgent jumped out and grabbed the corporal by the
    throat. The corporal engaged the enemy in hand-to-hand combat. At one
    point, he shouted to his fellow Marines, "No. No. No. Watch his hand."
    Moments later, an enemy grenade rolled out and Corporal Dunham jumped
    on the grenade to protect his fellow Marines, using his helmet and body
    to absorb the blast. Corporal Dunham succumbed to his wounds on April
    22, 2004.
  ū Today Would Have Been Corporal Dunham's 25th Birthday. Corporal Dunham
    was a native of Scio, New York.

The Medal Of Honor Is America's Highest Decoration For Valor. The Medal of
Honor, established by Joint Resolution of Congress, is awarded in the name
of Congress to a person who, while a member of the Armed Forces,
distinguishes himself conspicuously by gallantry and intrepidity at the
risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty while engaged in an
action against any enemy of the United States, while engaged in military
operations involving conflict with an opposing foreign force, or while
serving with friendly foreign forces engaged in an armed conflict against
an opposing armed force in which the United States is not a belligerent
party. Corporal Dunham's family will be presented the medal at an upcoming
ceremony at the White House.

Since Taking Office, President Bush Has Awarded Six Medals Of Honor. Three
were for Vietnam, one was for World War II, one was for Korea, and one was
for Iraq.

President Bush Dedicates The National Museum Of The Marine Corps

Today We Celebrate The 231st Birthday Of One Of The World's Premier
Fighting Forces, And We Mark The Opening Of Our Nation's Most Modern
Military Museum. In this museum, visitors will feel what it is like to go
through boot camp, land on a World War II beach under fire, or deploy from
a helicopter in a hot zone in Vietnam. The museum is shaped in the form of
the famous photograph of the flag-raising on Iwo Jima.
  ū The Marine Corps Traces Its Founding To A Philadelphia Tavern In 1775.
    Every Marine can name the famous battles, legends, and heroes that
    stretch from the Halls of Montezuma to the deserts of Iraq.
  ū Since 9/11, More Than 190,000 Men And Women Have Stepped Forward To
    Wear The Uniform Of The Marine Corps. Years from now  when America
    looks out on a democratic Middle East growing in freedom and prosperity
     Americans will speak of battles like Fallujah with the same awe and
    reverence that we now give to Guadalcanal and Iwo Jima.

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