President Obama shakes the hand of former Marine Corps Sgt. Dakota Meyer, 23, after awarding him the Medal of Honor. The Kentucky resident was in Afghanistan's Kunar province in September 2009 when he killed at least eight Taliban insurgents, rescuing 36 fellow soldiers from an ambush. (Associated Press)
Marine Sgt. Dakota Meyer, shown in an undated photo, was deployed in support of Operation Enduring Freedom in Ganjgal Village in Afghanistan's Kunar province. The 23-year-old former Marine scout sniper from Columbia, Ky., who has since left the corps, will become the first living Marine to be awarded the Medal of Honor in decades. (AP Photo/U.S. Marine Corps)
