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Vietnam Veteran Receives Posthumous Medal of Honor

Medal of Honor Nominee Army Spc. 4 Leslie H. Sabo Jr.

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Army Spc. 4 Leslie H. Sabo Jr., a Vietnam War veteran who gave his life protecting fellow soldiers during an ambush May 10, 1970, in Se San, Cambodia, was awarded a posthumous Medal of Honor by President Barack Obama during a ceremony at the White House in Washington, D.C., May 16, 2012. Sabo's suriving family members accepted the medal on his behalf.

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