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Long Island Navy SEAL to get Medal of Honor Monday
For an act of heroism on a lonely Afghanistan mountainside, far from the White House's ceremonial rooms, President George W. Bush Monday will posthumously bestow the nation's highest military honor to the son of a Long Island family.
The citation is for Navy SEAL Lt. Michael P. Murphy, of Patchogue, killed June 28, 2005 in a fierce firefight with dozens of Taliban insurgents, after risking...
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