Medal of Honor awarded

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Anchor Marco Werman on news of the first award of a Medal of Honor to a living American since Vietnam. The medal will go to Army Sergeant Salvatore Giunta for saving his unit while under extremely heavy fire from insurgents in Afghanistan back in October 2007.

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