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Lt.Michael Patrick Murphy, a Navy SEAL, earned the Medal of Honor on 28 June 2005 for his bravery during a fierce fight with the Taliban in the remote mountains of eastern Afghanistan. The first to receive the nation's highest military honor for service in Afghanistan, Lt. Murphy was also the first naval officer to earn the medal since the Vietnam War, and the first SEAL to be honored posthumously. A young man of great character, he is the subject of Naval Special Warfare courses on character and leadership, and an Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer, naval base, school, post office, ball park, and hospital emergency room have been named in his honor. A bestselling book by the sole survivor of Operation Red Wings, Marcus Luttrell, has helped make Lt.
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Gary Williams was born in Upper Sandusky, OH. The son of a Korean War combat veteran, he and his siblings were raised with a near reverent respect for those who wear our Nation's uniform. He is a retired career public servant and holds a B.S. in Human Resource Management and Leadership from Franklin University and a Master's of Public Administration from the University of Dayton. He is an award-winning author having published: Siege In Lucasville: An Eyewitness Account and Critical Review of Ohio's Worst Prison Riot in 2003; SEAL of Honor: Operation Red Wings and the Life of LT Michael P. Murphy, USN in 2010; Heart of A Lion: The Leadership of LT Michael P. Murphy, U.S. Navy SEAL in 2012; co-produced the critically acclaimed documentary MURPH: The Protector and released Guardian of Guadalcanal: The World War II Story of Douglas A. Munro, United States Coast Guard in 2014.SEAL of Honor is listed on the U.S. Navy's Essential Reading Program and Guardian of Guadalcanal is listed on the Coast Guard Commandant's Professional Reading List. In 2015 Guardian received the prestigious Benjamin Franklin Silver Medal from the Independent Book Publisher's Association and the Military Writer's Society of America's Silver Medal for biographies.
