POTUS & FLOTUS Present a Medal of Honor...

President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama walked to the East Room of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, Sept. 21, 2010, for a ceremony to present the Medal of Honor posthumously to the sons of Air Force Chief Master Sgt. Richard L. Etchberger, in. Etchberger received the honor for his heroic actions in combat in Laos on March 11, 1968, after deliberately exposing himself to enemy fire in order to put his wounded comrades in rescue slings permitting them to be airlifted to safety.



President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama greeted guests at a ceremony where the Medal of Honor was posthumously awarded to Chief Master Sergeant Richard Etchberger, U.S. Air Force, in the East Room of the White House in Washington September 21, 2010. Etchberger died rescuing others in Laos on March 11, 1968.



First Lady Michelle O.
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