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November 14, 2017 - U.S. Marine Corps Veteran
Lance Cpl. Benjamin Gonzalez (center) with Maj. Gen. David G.
Bellon (right), commander of Marine Corps Forces South and Sgt.
Maj. Thomas G. Eggerling (left), Sgt. Maj. of Marine Corps
Forces South ... after receiving the Navy Cross in El Paso,
Texas. Gonzalez was serving as an automatic rifleman in Al
Fallujah, Iraq when a motorcycle borne insurgent threw a hand
grenade into his fighting hole. Gonzalez threw himself on a
fellow Marine, shielding him from the blast. (U.S.
Marine corps photo by Pfc. Samantha Schwoch)
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