US President Barack Obama presents the Medal of Honor to Staff Sgt. Salvatore Giunta of the US Army November 16, 2010 in the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC. Giunta is receiving the Medal of Honor for his courageous actions during combat in the Korengal Valley, Afghanistan in October 2007. Giunta is the first living recipient of the Medal of Honor since the Vietnam War.
U.S. President Barack Obama awards Army Staff Sergeant Salvatore Giunta the Medal of Honor for conspicuous gallantry during a ceremony at the White House in Washington November 16, 2010. Giunta received the medal for his courageous actions during combat operations against an armed enemy in the Korengal Valley, Afghanistan in October 2007.
WASHINGTON - NOVEMBER 16: U.S. President Barack Obama (R) embraces Staff Sergeant Salvatore Giunta, U.S. Army, after awarding him the Medal of Honor for conspicuous gallantry in the East Room of the White House November 16, 2010, in Washington, DC. Staff Sergeant Giunta, of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, received the Medal of Honor for his courageous actions during combat operations in the Korengal Valley, Afghanistan in October 2007. Giunta is the first living recipient of the Medal of Honor since the Vietnam War.
WASHINGTON - NOVEMBER 16: U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Salvatore Giunta smiles after being awarded the the Medal of Honor for conspicuous gallantry by U.S. President Barack Obama in the East Room of the White House November 16, 2010 in Washington, DC. Staff Sergeant Giunta, of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, received the Medal of Honor for his courageous actions during combat operations in the Korengal Valley, Afghanistan in October 2007. Giunta is the first living recipient of the Medal of Honor since the Vietnam War.
WASHINGTON - NOVEMBER 16: Former recipients of the Medal of Honor listen as U.S. President Barack Obama awards Staff Sergeant Salvatore Giunta, U.S. Army, the Medal of Honor for conspicuous gallantry in the East Room of the White House November 16, 2010, in Washington, DC. Staff Sergeant Giunta, of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, received the Medal of Honor for his courageous actions during combat operations in the Korengal Valley, Afghanistan in October 2007. Giunta is the first living recipient of the Medal of Honor since the Vietnam War.
U.S. President Barack Obama watches as first lady Michele Obama hugs a family member of Sgt. Joshua Brennan who died despite the efforts of his friend and Medal of Honor recipient Army Staff Sergeant Salvatore Giunta at the White House in Washington November 16, 2010. Giunta received the medal during a ceremony today for his courageous actions during combat operations against an armed enemy in the Korengal Valley, Afghanistan in October 2007.
WASHINGTON - NOVEMBER 16: First lady Michelle Obama embraces the father of one of the soldiers killed in combat that U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Salvatore Giunta attempted to save in Afghanistan during a ceremony in the East Room of the White House November 16, 2010, in Washington, DC. Giunta, of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, received the Medal of Honor for his courageous actions during that combat operations in the Korengal Valley, Afghanistan in October 2007. Giunta is the first living recipient of the Medal of Honor since the Vietnam War.
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