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   From: NoObedienceSkills@NoSubservienceSkills.NoComplianceSkills   
      
   The President of the United States in the name of The Congress takes pride   
   in presenting the MEDAL OF HONOR posthumously to   
      
   LANCE CORPORAL JOSE F. JIMENEZ   
      
   UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS   
      
   for service as set forth in the following CITATION:   
      
   "For conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his life above and   
   beyond the call of duty while serving as a Fire Team Leader with Company K,   
   Third Battalion, Seventh Marines, First Marine Division in operations   
   against the enemy in the Republic of Vietnam on 28 August 1969. On that date   
   Lance Corporal Jimenez' unit came under heavy attack by North Vietnamese   
   Army soldiers concealed in well-camouflaged emplacements. Lance Corporal   
   Jimenez reacted by seizing the initiative and plunging forward toward the   
   enemy positions. He personally destroyed several enemy personnel and   
   silenced an antiaircraft weapon. Shouting encouragement to his companions,   
   Lance Corporal Jimenez continued his aggressive forward movement. He slowly   
   maneuvered to within ten feet of hostile soldiers who were firing automatic   
   weapons from a trench and, in the face of vicious enemy fire, destroyed the   
   position. Although he was by now the target of concentrated fire from   
   hostile gunners intent upon halting his assault, Lance Corporal Jimenez   
   continued to press forward. As he moved to attack another enemy soldier, he   
   was mortally wounded. Lance Corporal Jimenez' indomitable courage,   
   aggressive fighting spirit and unfaltering devotion to duty upheld the   
   highest traditions of the Marine Corps and of the United States Naval   
   Service. He gallantly gave his life for his country."   
      
   RICHARD M. NIXON   
      
   http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jose_F._Jimenez   
      
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