At the White House on Tuesday, a young man from Iowa, 25-year-old staff Sergeant Salvatore Giunta, will become the first living soldier to earn the Medal of Honor since the Vietnam War. It's the ...

President Obama today awarded the Medal of Honor to Army Staff Sergeant Salvatore Giunta for his heroic actions in the Korengal Valley of Afghanistan in October 2007. "It is my privilege to present ...

Grew up in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, where he graduated from John F. Kennedy High School. Salvatore (”Sal") Augustine Giunta was born in Iowa. He is the oldest of three children of Steven, a medical ...

Army Staff Sgt. Salvatore "Sal" Giunta became the first living recipient of the U.S. military's highest decoration since the Vietnam War on Tuesday when President Obama awarded him the Medal of ...

WASHINGTON, Nov. 17, 2010 -- Staff Sgt. Salvatore A. Giunta's decision to risk his life so others could live placed him "squarely among the most magnificent of those worthy of this honor," Defense ...

On Oct. 25, 2007, on a remote hilltop in Afghanistan's Korengal Valley, Army Staff Sgt. Salvatore Giunta repeatedly ran directly into fire from Taliban insurgents to save the lives of some of his ...

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DES MOINES, Iowa — Medal of Honor recipient and Iowa native Staff Sgt. Sal Giunta will end his Army career in June and move to Colorado to pursue his education, a military spokesman said Tuesday.