Medal of Honor Awarded

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President Obama awarded the nation's highest military honor today to Army Sergeant First Class Leroy A. Petry, for his selfless, heroic actions that saved the lives of fellow soldiers in Afghanistan, in 2008.

Read about Sergeant First Class Petry and the Medal of Honor at the Army Web site. That site includes a detailed "battlescape" account of the act that won Petry the Medal of Honor.

The UMUC Library salutes Sergeant First Class Petry and all of our military personnel for their service and heroism.