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Ex-Green Beret Receives Medal Of Honor As He Faces Another Tough Battle

by Greg Myre Oct 1, 2018 2 minuti

Staff Sgt. Ronald Shurer, a medic in the Green Berets, was part of a small unit sent by helicopter on a risky mission to track down an enemy fighter in a remote mountain village in northeastern Afghanistan in 2008.

After the Americans landed and began climbing the mountain to approach

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