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1st Sgt. David Dzwik and Brian Hissong (behind him), both served with former Staff Sgt. Ryan M. Pitts when Pitts earned the Medal of Honor in Afghanistan.

Medal of Honor recipient Ryan Pitts: Bonds will ne...

New Hampshire Senators Jeanne Shaheen and Kelly Ayotte (center), watch as former Staff Sgt. Ryan M. Pitts, Medal of Honor recipient, is inducted into the Hall of Heroes during a Pentagon ceremony, July 22, 2014. Pitts hometown is Nashua, N.H. Other notables who attended were Deputy Defense Secretary Robert Work, Army Secretary John M. McHugh, Secretary of the Army Gen. Ray Odierno, and, Sgt. Maj. of the Army Raymond F. Chandler III. Pitts family and Soldiers he served with were also in attendance.

Medal of Honor recipient Pitts inducted into Hall ...

President Barack Obama speaks at the White House at the Medal of Honor ceremony for former Staff Sgt. Ryan Pitts, in Washington, D.C., July 21, 2014

Medal of Honor recipient Pitts: 'It is their names...

Sgt. Ryan Pitts (left) and Sgt. Israel Garcia patrol the mountains of eastern Afghanistan. Garcia was among the nine Soldiers killed in the battle in Wanat, July 13, 2008.

Ryan Pitts to receive Medal of Honor for combat ac...

Sgt. Ryan Pitts, with Chosen Company, takes a break from building a traffic control point northeast of Combat Outpost Bella, Afghanistan, spring 2008. The traffic control point was on the road from COP Bella to Aranas, Afghanistan.

Former Soldier to receive Medal of Honor for fierc...

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U.S. Army Combat Studies Institute: Wanat Report, Combat Action in Afghanistan, 2008 Honolulu Advertiser: For 'Chosen Few,' victory at Wanat came at a high price Stars and Stripes: 'Normal humans wouldn't do that'

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