WASHINGTON — President Trump will award the Medal of Honor to a Navy warrior who led a 2002 firefight and rescue mission atop a mountain in Afghanistan.
Britt K. Slabinski “repeatedly exposed himself to enemy fire as he engaged in a pitched, close-quarters firefight against the tenacious and more heavily armed enemy forces” of al Qaeda, said a White House announcement.
The Medal of Honor ceremony is planned for May 24.
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