Islip ceremony honors fallen Navy SEAL
The parents of former Navy SEAL Lt. Michael Murphy, who was killed in Afghanistan, accepted Islip Town's Gen. Douglas MacArthur Leadership Award on behalf of their son. Murphy's father, Dan, presented this short video on the mission that led to his son posthumously receiving the Medal of Honor. Handout video. (Jan. 26, 2012)
Christening of USS Michael Murphy
Navy SEAL pride
Lt. Michael Murphy
Long Island troops in Afghanistan
Under an image of the famed World War II general, the family of Lt. Michael P. Murphy accepted Islip Township's Gen. Douglas MacArthur Leadership Award on behalf of the Navy SEAL who perished in a 2005 firefight on an Afghanistan mountainside.
"For me, it's like it happened only last month," said Murphy's mother, Maureen Murphy, of Patchogue. "But I think it's so nice people still remember...
