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Seal of Honor: Operation Red Wings - Lecture/Signing

Seal of Honor: Operation Red Wings and the Life of LT. Michael P. Murphy, USN with author Gary Williams

Lt. Michael Patrick Murphy, leader of a reconnaissance squad from Navy SEAL Team 10, posthumously received the Congressional Medal of Honor for his heroic actions on 28 June 2005, during a fierce battle with Taliban fighters in the remote mountains of eastern Afghanistan.  Michael was the first recipient of the nation's highest military honor as a result of US involvement in Afghanistan.  He was also the first naval officer to earn the medal since the Vietnam War, and the first SEAL to be honored posthumously.