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• Petty Officer 2nd Class Michael A. Monsoor while attending cold weather training in Kodiak, Alaska, in 2004.
• Photo supplied by the U.S.Navy shows the Medal of Honor prepared for presentation posthumously to Petty Officer 2nd Class Michael A. Monsoor.
• Undated photo released by the U.S. Navy shows Petty Officer 2nd Class Michael A. Monsoor posing in Ramadi, Iraq.
• April 8: President Bush looks at Sally Monsoor, the mother of Medal of Honor recipient Petty Officer Second Class Navy SEAL Michael Monsoor, left, who was killed in Iraq in September 2006, during a ceremony in the East Room of the White House in Washington. Monsoor, was awarded the highest military honor for his actions in combat on Sep. 29, 2006, while serving as an automatic weapons gunner in a Naval Special Warfare Unit in Ar Ramadi, Iraq, that saved the lives of his three comrades and three Iraqi soldiers.
• April 8: With tears running down his cheeks President Bush takes part in a Medal of Honor ceremony in the East Room of the White House for Petty Officer 2nd Class Navy SEAL Michael Monsoor, 25, was killed in Iraq in September 2006. With the president are his parents George and Sally Monsoor.
• April 8: President Bush applauds in the East Room of the White House in Washington during a Medal of Honor ceremony for Petty Officer 2nd Class Navy SEAL Michael Monsoor, 25, who was killed in Iraq in September 2006. His actions saved the lives of three comrades and three Iraqi soldiers. Monsoor parents George and Sally Monsoor are at left.
• April 8: President Bush, right, listens to George Monsoor, the father Medal of Honor recipient Petty Officer Second Class Navy SEAL Michael Monsoor, who was killed in Iraq in September 2006, during a ceremony in the East Room of the White House in Washington. Monsoor, was awarded the highest military honor for his actions in combat on Sep. 29, 2006, while serving as an automatic weapons gunner in a Naval Special Warfare Unit in Ar Ramadi, Iraq, that saved the lives of his three comrades and three Iraqi soldiers.
• April 8: President Bush takes part in a Medal of Honor ceremony in the East Room of the White House, for Petty Officer 2nd Class Navy SEAL Michael Monsoor, 25, was killed in Iraq in September 2006. His actions saved the lives of three comrades and three Iraqi soldiers.
• April 8: Tears run down President Bush's face as he takes part in a Medal of Honor ceremony in the East Room of the White House, for Petty Officer 2nd Class Navy SEAL Michael Monsoor, who was killed in Iraq in September 2006.