Dakota Meyer - Wikipedia
网页Dakota Louis Meyer (born June 26, 1988) [1] is a retired United States Marine. A veteran of the War in Afghanistan, he was awarded the Medal of Honor for his actions during the Battle of Ganjgal on September 8, 2009, in Kunar Province, Afghanistan.
The Story of Sgt. Dakota L. Meyer at the Extraordinary Battle of ...
网页The Story of Sgt. Dakota L. Meyer at the Extraordinary Battle of Ganjgal. Sgt. Dakota Louis Meyer is a Marine Corps veteran who received the Congressional Medal of Honor for his outstanding performance in saving the lives of his counterparts from an ambush in Kunar Province in eastern Afghanistan.
Cpl. Dakota Meyer and the Battle of Ganjgal - Defense Media Network
网页2011年11月5日 — When the forward element of his combat team began to be hit by intense fire from roughly 50 Taliban insurgents dug-in and concealed on the slopes above Ganjgal village, Corporal Meyer mounted a gun-truck, enlisted a fellow Marine to drive, and raced to attack the ambushers and aid the trapped Marines and Afghan soldiers.
Battle of Ganjgal - Wikipedia
网页Army Captain William D. Swenson and Marine Corporal Dakota Meyer received the Medal of Honor for their actions during the battle. Meyer is the first living Marine to receive the Medal of Honor since the Vietnam War, and Swenson is the fifth living soldier and second officer to receive the Medal of Honor since the Vietnam War. Two other Marines ...
Dakota Meyer - National Medal of Honor Museum
网页2011年9月14日 — With a fellow Marine driving, Corporal Meyer took the exposed gunner’s position in a gun-truck as they drove down the steeply terraced terrain in a daring attempt to disrupt the enemy attack and locate the trapped U.S. team. Disregarding intense enemy fire now concentrated on their lone vehicle, Corporal Meyer killed a number of enemy ...
Medal of Honor Monday: Marine Corps Sgt. Dakota Meyer
网页2024年9月9日 — In 2009, during the war in Afghanistan, Marine Corps Sgt. Dakota Louis Meyer spent hours traversing an active combat zone to rescue dozens of trapped men and recover the bodies of four U.S....
Into the Fire: A Firsthand Account of the Most Extraordinary Battle …
网页2013年6月18日 — Ordered to remain behind with the vehicles, twenty-one year-old Marine corporal Dakota Meyer disobeyed orders and attacked to rescue his comrades. With a brave driver at the wheel, Meyer stood in the gun turret exposed to withering fire, rallying Afghan troops to follow.
THE WAY FORWARD - Dakota Meyer
网页American Sniper meets Make Your Bed in these life lessons from decorated United States service members and New York Times bestselling authors Robert O’Neill and Dakota Meyer—an in-depth, fearless, and ultimately redemptive account of what it takes to survive and thrive on battlefields from Afghanistan and Iraq to our daily lives, and how ...
Marine Corporal Dakota Meyer in Afghanistan
网页Marine Corporal Dakota Meyer braved the bloody kill zone of a Taliban ambush to rescue wounded troops and recover the bodies of fallen Marines. This article appears in: Summer 2022 By William E. Welsh
The Most Extraordinary Battle in the Afghan War
网页In the ensuing six-hour battle, one of the most intense in the Afghan War, Meyer rescued or recovered the bodies of two dozen Afghan soldiers and Americans, plus the four dead bodies of his comrades from Team Monti: 1st Lt. Michael Johnson, Gunnery Sgt. Edwin Johnson, Staff Sgt. Aaron Kenefick, and Hospital Corpsman Third Class James Layton.