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  • 1 Mission = 4 Silent Warriors, 3 Navy Crosses, 2 Posthumous Heroes, 1 Possible Medal of Honor

    09/26/2006 2:21:12 PM PDT · by RDTF · 45 replies · 1,981+ views
    Soldiers for the truth ^ | September 22, 2006 | Matthew Dodd
    On September 13, 2006, at a solemn ceremony at the U.S. Navy’s “Lone Sailor” Memorial in our Nation’s capital, a crowd of 300 friends, family, and warriors gathered to watch and hear the Secretary of the Navy, Donald C. Winter, honor the lives and sacrifices of our two most recent Navy Cross heroes by presenting posthumous medals to the wives of Gunner’s Mate Second Class (Sea, Air and Land (SEAL)) Danny P. Dietz, and Sonar Technician Second Class (SEAL) Matthew G. Axelson, United States Navy. -snip- Petty Officers Dietz and Axelson were part of a four-man Special Reconnaissance ground element...